English Explanatory Dictionary

sophont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or greater than that of a human being. The word does not apply to machines unless they have true artificial intelligence, rather than mere processing capacity.

Pronunciation

/ˈsoʊfɑnt/

Word forms

sophont sophonts

Etymology

From sopho- + -ont. First used in the 1966 works by Poul Anderson, coined by his wife Karen Anderson.

Synonyms

sentient
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