adjective.
Experiencing sensation, thinking, thought, or feeling.
adjective.
Possessing human-like knowledge and intelligence.
noun.
Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
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adjective.
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
adjective.
consciously perceiving
Word Usage
"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."