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Originally Posted by Feanor
Oh. Whoops. Sorry. But uh what would that world apply to then (don't say Parihaka). That which has sensation or feeling, like any living thing? Or what?
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Actually I'm going for this definition more
sentient
adj 1: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: animate] [ant: insentient]
2:
consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load";
"a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of
sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense.]
Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception.
Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient
extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs
or tissues.
Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, n.
One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.