"Sentient" (SEN-shunt) – from the Latin for "to feel" – means responsive to or conscious of sensory perceptions.
Example (as used by Clayton Makepeace today): "We are NOT sentient, self-respecting, intelligent creatures. We only tell ourselves that we are."
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