sentient.
Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
Meaning & usage
Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
Consider fish, who are apparently sentient yet cognitively extremely primitive in comparison with humans.
Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests and moral status.
Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
Where this word comes from
From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
An intelligent, self-aware being.
Where this word comes from
From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
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