Sentient — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; - T.E.Lawrence

consciously perceiving; ; - W.A.White

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛnʃənt/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛnʃənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛnʃənt/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɛnʃənt/.

Examples

the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage
sentient of the intolerable load
a boy so sentient of his surroundings

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

animate

Antonyms

insentient

Parts of Speech

adjective	endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; - T.E.Lawrence “the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage”
adjective	consciously perceiving; ; - W.A.White “sentient of the intolerable load”

Word Forms

sentience	noun	state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
animateness	noun	the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
sentiency	noun	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

empfindungsfähig

ausgestattet mit Gefühl und unstrukturiertem Bewusstsein; - T.E.Lawrence

🇫🇷French

sensible

doté de sentiments et d'une conscience non structurée; - T.E. Lawrence

🇪🇸Spanish

sensible

dotado de sentimiento y conciencia no estructurada; - T.E.Lawrence

🇮🇹Italian

senziente

dotato di sentimento e di coscienza non strutturata; - T.E. Lawrence

🇳🇱Dutch

bewust

begiftigd met gevoel en ongestructureerd bewustzijn; - TE Lawrence

🇵🇹Portuguese

senciente

dotado de sentimento e consciência não estruturada; -T.E.Lawrence

🇷🇺Russian

разумный

наделены чувством и неструктурированным сознанием; - Т. Э. Лоуренс

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संवेदनशील

भावना और असंरचित चेतना से संपन्न; - टी.ई.लॉरेंस

🇧🇩Bengali

সংবেদনশীল

অনুভূতি এবং গঠনহীন চেতনা দ্বারা সমৃদ্ধ; - টি.ই.লরেন্স

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்வுள்ள

உணர்வு மற்றும் கட்டமைக்கப்படாத உணர்வு ஆகியவற்றைக் கொண்டது; - டி.இ.லாரன்ஸ்

🇮🇳Telugu

బుద్ధిమంతుడు

భావన మరియు నిర్మాణాత్మక స్పృహతో దానం; - టి.ఇ.లారెన్స్

🇮🇳Marathi

संवेदनशील

भावना आणि असंरचित चेतनेने संपन्न; - टी.ई.लॉरेन्स

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંવેદનશીલ

લાગણી અને અસંગઠિત ચેતનાથી સંપન્ન; - ટી.ઇ.લોરેન્સ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲ

ಭಾವನೆ ಮತ್ತು ರಚನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ; - ಟಿ.ಇ.ಲಾರೆನ್ಸ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബോധമുള്ള

അനുഭൂതിയും ഘടനാരഹിതമായ ബോധവും ഉള്ളവ; - ടി.ഇ.ലോറൻസ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਵੇਦਨਸ਼ੀਲ

ਭਾਵਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਗੈਰ-ਸੰਗਠਿਤ ਚੇਤਨਾ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਪੰਨ; - ਟੀ.ਈ.ਲੌਰੈਂਸ

🇵🇰Urdu

حساس

احساس اور غیر منظم شعور کے ساتھ عطا کردہ؛ - ٹی ای لارنس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

有知觉的

具有感觉和非结构化意识； ——T·E·劳伦斯

🇯🇵Japanese

感覚のある

感情と構造化されていない意識に恵まれています。 - T.E.ローレンス

🇰🇷Korean

마음

감정과 구조화되지 않은 의식을 부여 받았습니다. - T.E. 로렌스

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có tri giác

có cảm giác và ý thức không có cấu trúc; - T.E.Lawrence

🇹🇭Thai

มีความรู้สึก

กอปรด้วยความรู้สึกและจิตสำนึกที่ไม่มีโครงสร้าง - ที.อี.ลอว์เรนซ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

hidup

diberkahi dengan perasaan dan kesadaran tidak terstruktur; - T.E.Lawrence

🇵🇭Filipino

damdamin

pinagkalooban ng pakiramdam at hindi nakaayos na kamalayan; - T.E.Lawrence

🇲🇾Malay

berperasaan

dikurniakan perasaan dan kesedaran tidak berstruktur; - T.E.Lawrence

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حساس

يتمتع بالإحساس والوعي غير المنظم؛ - تي إي لورانس

🇮🇷Persian

حساس

دارای احساس و آگاهی بدون ساختار. - تی ای لارنس

🇹🇷Turkish

duyarlı

duygu ve yapılandırılmamış bilince sahiptir; - T.E.Lawrence

🇮🇱Hebrew

רגיש

ניחן בתחושה ובתודעה לא מובנית; - טי.אי.לורנס

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The primary meaning of 'sentient' is 'endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; - T.E.Lawrence'.

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