Sentient

Word SENTIENT
Character 8
Hyphenation sen ti ent
Pronunciations /ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Sentient"

What do we mean by sentient?

Having sense perception; conscious. adjective

Experiencing sensation or feeling. adjective

Capable of sensation or of sense-perception; having the power of feeling.

Characterized by the exercise of sense or sense-perception.

In physiology, noting those parts which on stimulation give rise to sensation.

Synonyms Sensitive, etc. See sensible.

The mind as capable of feeling. noun

Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. adjective

One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being. noun

Conscious or self-aware. adjective

Experiencing sensation, thinking, thought, or feeling. adjective

Possessing human-like knowledge and intelligence. adjective

Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain. noun

Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness adjective

Consciously perceiving adjective

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

An intelligent, self-aware being.

A word commonly confused with sapient, self-aware, conscious. Sentient merely means "having senses; capable of sensing". Urban Dictionary

The state of consciousness whereby the individual has that quality which make him capable of questioning his existence. Urban Dictionary

The ability to know that you exist, and to be able to think apart from your primal instincts with logic. Urban Dictionary

A sentient is a living creature, whether it's habitat be land, air, water, or a combination of these. Sentients are sensitive to light, heat etc but most importantly they can feel pain. Humans, cod, turkeys, crabs, pigs, dogs, rats etc. are all sentient creatures. Urban Dictionary

N: any member of a race (talking in the universe here) possessing the aforementioned abilities Urban Dictionary

Being aware of something Urban Dictionary

A toaster that has feelings Urban Dictionary

An argumentative internet troll who specializes in disrupting the user base of single topic forums with persistently negative and contemptuous posts. Urban Dictionary

Living BeJroooomings that can suffer and feel pain especially animals and people's. By lbj as in Lonnie benningfield junior. Urban Dictionary

A term used to describe how legendary rugby players enjoy themselves on the pitch. Sentient = an ability to see or feel things. Frolicking = play. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sentient

The word "sentient" in example sentences

On Kierkegaard's religious views, Sartre offers the usual argument against existence of God: If existence precedes essence, it follows from the meaning of the term sentient that a sentient being cannot be complete or perfect. ❋ Ro Thorpe (2009)

Of course it is circular in the sense that, based on my proffered definition, since intelligence ultimately permeates all aspects of being, what we call sentient beings (life forms) are simply different manifestations of intelligence playing with itself, or as one old text puts it in the title: 'You are the Eyes of the Universe.' ❋ Unknown (2009)

Being aware that Bush and his bunch are barely sentient is not being against America, it is being for what is used to stand for. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But I am curious to know, Ron, how long human heads remain sentient after they have been severed. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I call sentient beings out of the blessed gulf of nothingness, that they may pay a duty to my weakness by and by, and curse me in their hearts? ❋ Frederic Mayer Bird (1873)

The impact of what is sometimes called the sentient city is not just at a city level but it also impacts communities, neighborhoods and families. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rational, reasonable = maybe I should say "sentient" - people do change their minds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[cont. below] p. Contractile earths in sentient forms arrange, ❋ Unknown (1803)

And the notion of sentient beings is from science as much as it is religion. ❋ Steve Perry (2009)

You will be classified as a sentient hive, a community. ” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Essentially, sentient creatures have interests and rights, and non-sentient aka potentially sentient creatures do not. ❋ Unknown (2007)

One of his novels had as a concept the idea of sentient storms. ❋ Badger (2001)

Thus, then, as body is the unsentient cause to which we are naturally prompted to refer a certain portion of our feelings, so mind may be described as the sentient _subject_ (in the German sense of the term) of all feelings; that which has or feels them. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)

Thus, then, as body is the unsentient cause to which we are naturally prompted to refer a certain portion of our feelings, so mind may be described as the sentient _subject_ (in the scholastic sense of the term) of all feelings; that which has or feels them. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)

John just never stops finding even the idea of sentient brain parasites really, really creepy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even a [lowly] [rat] is [fully] sentient. ❋ Wnoise (2010)

[Human beings] are sentient [creatures]. ❋ Fuzzer (2005)

❋ TheTRUTH (2003)

Girl - I'm going to get a sentient for [my birthday]. Boy - Eh? Girl - It's the polite way to say pet, pet is so last century. Boy - What sort of animal will you chose? I've got a dog - he's great. Girl - Well I've thought a long time about it and I've decided to get a rescued rat. Boy - [Yuk]! A rat - you are seriously [losing it]. Girl - Why? I all think rodents are lovely. ❋ Pigsty (2007)

[Greetings] sentient! ❋ Outis (2003)

A door being [aware] of the [sensor] picking you up, and thus opening, it is thus [sentient] ❋ Noximous (2012)

J: [I’m] a [sentient toaster] ❋ Ace The Simp (2023)

This is a discussion forum, not an "argue [ad nauseam] about narratives and biases you hold like blood feuds that [span] decades" forum, you [sentient buttplug]. ❋ Senbutt (2018)

I invented and made and created [SENTIENT] BEJroooomings by [lbj] as in [Lonnie benningfield junior] ♥ 💙. ❋ Bjtutall (2022)

"[Glenn] doesn't [merely] 'play' [rugby], he indulges in the legendary art of 'Sentient Frolicking' ❋ BANNEDPLAYER (2020)

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