Sophont Definition

noun

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.

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Singular:
sophont
Plural:
sophonts

Origin of Sophont

  • First used in the 1966 works by Poul Anderson, coined by his wife Karen Anderson. See σοφός (sophos).

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