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sentients

sentients is the plural of sentient.

Meaning of sentient

Noun

sentient (plural sentients)

  1. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
  2. (broadly) An intelligent, self-aware being.
    • The merpeople and the sentients who lived on the beach often hitched rides on these creatures, steering them by pressure on exposed nerve centers.1965, Philip José Farmer, The Maker of Universes

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Questions about sentients

What is sentients the plural of?
Sentients is the plural of sentient.

Words near sentients in the dictionary

  1. sentiency
  2. sentienda
  3. sentiendum
  4. sentient
  5. sentiently
  6. sentients
  7. sentiment
  8. sentiment analyses
  9. sentiment analysis
  10. sentiment du fer
  11. sentimental

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