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/ˈsoʊfɑnt/ · noun
(chiefly science fiction) 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..
Likewise with the psychology of intelligent species. Most sophonts indeed possess basic instincts which diverge more or less from man's. With those of radically alien motivations we have little contact.
I'm honored to meet a sophont of the Soro line in person!
Evil, they argued, could only have meaning on smaller scales, in the hurt that one sophont does to another.
Only one sophont appeared to be involved—and not a sophisticated one.
Use sophont when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sophont means (chiefly science fiction) 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..
Common synonyms include sentient.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Likewise with the psychology of intelligent species. Most sophonts indeed possess basic instincts which diverge more or less from man's. With those of radically alien motivations we have little contact.
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