English Dictionary

sapient

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈseɪpɪənt/

形容詞

古風

Attempting to appear wise or discerning. / (dated) Possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned. / (chiefly science fiction) Of a species or life-form, possessing intelligence or self-awareness.

日本語の意味

（知的なふりをする、あるいは知識があり洞察力がある様に見せかける） / 智慧と洞察力を有し、賢明で学識がある / （主にサイエンスフィクションにおいて）種や生命体が知性または自己認識を持っている

She offered a sapient observation about the project's flaws, but her tone felt more performative than insightful.

彼女はプロジェクトの欠点について賢ぶった指摘をしたが、その口調は洞察に満ちているというより見せかけに思えた。

意味（1）

Attempting to appear wise or discerning.

... A man would blush to say to himself in the darkness of the night the things he stands up on a platform in the garish light of day to stuff into the ears of a multitude whose intelligence he pretends that he esteems.... Therefore, why be sapient and solemn about it, like an editorial in a newspaper? Nick added, with a smile.

意味（2）

(dated) Possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.

[To Edgar] Come ſit thou here moſt learned Iuſtice / [To the Fool] Thou ſapient ſir ſit here,[…]

意味（3）

(chiefly science fiction) Of a species or life-form, possessing intelligence or self-awareness.

It was inhabited by a sapient humanoid race, and some of them were civilized enough to put it in Class V, and Colonial Office doctrine on Class V planets was rigid.

more sapient （ comparative ）

most sapient （ superlative ）