HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sentient
/ˈsɛn.ʃi.ənt/
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What does sentient mean?
adjective
- Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
- Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
- Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
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noun
- Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
- An intelligent, self-aware being.
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IPA pronunciation
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What an ominous minute is that in which society draws back and consummates the irreparable abandonment of a sentient being!
If there prevails a body of popular sentient in favor of sports, why is not that fact a sufficient legitimation?
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Every grain Is sentient both in unity and part, And the minutest atom comprehends A world of loves and hatreds.
The sun, on account of the mist, had a curious sentient, personal look, demanding the masculine pronoun for its adequate expression.
Mrs. Bread looked up the staircase and then down and then she looked at the undusted nymph, as if she possibly had sentient ears.