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Sentient Definition & Meaning

sentient
adjective
  1. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
  2. consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White

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What does sentient mean?
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
What part of speech is sentient?
Sentient is an adjective.
How many definitions does sentient have?
Sentient has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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