Meaning

2 senses
  1. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.

  2. (broadly)An intelligent, self-aware being.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. How do I know you're a sentient being?

    Звідки я знаю, що ти — розумна істота? — deniko

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  2. Tom is a sentient cactus.

    Том — розумний кактус. — deniko

    deTom ist ein empfindungsfähiger Kaktus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I'm afraid of pigs becoming sentient.

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  4. It's a sentient being, just like you.

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  5. He thinks that they are not sentient beings.

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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