sentient
Experiencing sensation, thought, or feelingExperiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
» How do I know you're a sentient being?
Звідки я знаю, що ти — розумна істота?
Meaning
3 sensesExperiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
Consider fish, who are apparently sentient yet cognitively extremely primitive in comparison with humans.
Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests and moral status.
fühlend
чу́вствующийčúvstvujuščij, ощуща́ющийoščuščájuščij
Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
разу́мныйrazúmnyj, созна́тельныйsoznátelʹnyj
(broadly)Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
разу́мныйrazúmnyj
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
- consciously perceiving
Examples
20 sentencesHow do I know you're a sentient being?
Звідки я знаю, що ти — розумна істота?
Tom is a sentient cactus.
Том — розумний кактус.
deTom ist ein empfindungsfähiger Kaktus.
I'm afraid of pigs becoming sentient.
It's a sentient being, just like you.
He thinks that they are not sentient beings.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
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Forms
more sentient, most sentient| Comparative | more sentient Lesson |
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| Superlative | most sentient Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness:animate
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form