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- Dictionarysentient/ˈsɛnʃnt/
adjective
- 1. able to perceive or feel things: "she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms"
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The meaning of SENTIENT is capable of sensing or feeling : conscious of or responsive to the sensations of seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling. How to use sentient in a sentence.
adjective. formal uk / ˈsen.ti.ənt / / ˈsen.ʃ ə nt / us / ˈsen.ʃ ə nt / Add to word list. able to experience feelings: It is hard for a sentient person to understand how any parents could treat their child so badly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feelings - general words. atmospherically. aura. come away. emotionalism. feeling. gut.
able to experience feelings: It is hard for a sentient person to understand how any parents could treat their child so badly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feelings - general words. atmospherically. aura. come away. emotional. emotionalism.
Sentient definition: having the power of perception by the senses; conscious.. See examples of SENTIENT used in a sentence.
Sentient comes from the Latin sentient-, "feeling," and it describes things that are alive, able to feel and perceive, and show awareness or responsiveness. Having senses makes something sentient, or able to smell, communicate, touch, see, or hear.
the quality of being able to experience feelings: Why are humans not willing to accept the full sentience of other animals? Research on animal sentience is beginning to inform approaches to animal welfare. See. sentient. Fewer examples.
Define sentient. sentient synonyms, sentient pronunciation, sentient translation, English dictionary definition of sentient. adj. 1. Having sense perception; conscious: "The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage" . 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling....
1. having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. 2. characterized by sensation and consciousness. noun. 3. a person or thing that is sentient. 4. archaic. the conscious mind.
Definition of sentient adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
: feeling or sensation as distinguished from perception and thought. Examples of sentience in a Sentence.
