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sentient in Arabic

حَسَّاس ḥassās

/ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/US/ˈsɛn.ʃi.ənt/

sentient in Arabic: حَسَّاس (ḥassās), عَاقِل (ʕāqil). In English, sentient means experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.

Arabic words for sentient

experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
حَسَّاس ḥassās
able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
عَاقِل ʕāqil

English meaning of sentient

  1. adjective Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
  2. adjective Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
  3. adjective Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
  4. noun Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.

Full definition of sentient

sentient in a sentence

  • 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.

Synonyms of sentient

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Questions about sentient in Arabic

What is the meaning of sentient in Arabic?
Sentient in Arabic is حَسَّاس (ḥassās), عَاقِل (ʕāqil).
ما معنى كلمة sentient؟
Sentient: حَسَّاس (ḥassās), عَاقِل (ʕāqil).
What does sentient mean in English?
Sentient means experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.

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