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sentient

sen·tient

UK/ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/ US/ˈsɛn.ʃi.ənt/ uncommon

adjective

1.

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

  • “the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God”
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2.

consciously perceiving

  • “sentient of the intolerable load”
  • “a boy so sentient of his surroundings” W.A.White
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Origin

From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.

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