sentient

adj.

1. Having sense perception; conscious: "The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage" (T.E. Lawrence).
2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.

[Latin sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel.]

sentiently sen'tient·ly adv.

(SEN-shent)

adjective
1. Capable of perception by sense; conscious.
2. Sensitive in perception.

noun
Someone or something that has sensation.

Etymology
From Latin sentient, present participle of sentire, to feel.

Usage
"It doesn't matter what the other's attitude is, whether negative or positive. What matters is that it is a human being, a sentient being that has the experience of pain and pleasure." — Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Dec 10, 1989. TODAY: Feb 8, 2001. Don't miss the online chat with Steven Pinker, a professor at MIT and author of books about mind and language. More details at: http://wordsmith.org/chat

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adjective

1. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception: alive, awake, aware, cognizant, sensible, wise¹. Slang hip. Idioms: on to. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli: impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensible, sensitive, susceptible, susceptive. See awareness/unawareness.

Able to feel; sensitive.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som kan opfattes med sanserne, sansende, fornemmende

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewust

Français (French)
adj. - doué de sensations
n. - hypersensibilité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - empfindungsfähig
n. - empfindendes Wesen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευαίσθητος, αισθανόμενος, αισθητήριος
n. - αισθανόμενο ον, ον με αισθήσεις

Italiano (Italian)
cosciente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sensível
n. - ente seciente (m), mente (f)

Русский (Russian)
существо, наделенное чувствами, разумное существо, интеллект, сознание, чувствующий, наделенный сознанием

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sensible, sensitivo
n. - ser sensible, mente, conciencia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kännande, förnimmande, sinnes-
n. - kännande, förnimmande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有感觉力的, 感觉灵敏的, 有感情的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有感覺力的, 感覺靈敏的, 有感情的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 의식이 있는, 유정의, 느낄 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 直覚力のある, 気づいて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) واعي, ذو حس, محس (الاسم) شخص أو شىء حساس, او ذو حساسيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרגיש, חש‬

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