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Originally Posted by gmw
Well, "sapient" is usually considered an adjective so not sure "sapients" is an ideal solution. The OED does offer "sapient" as a noun but "In later use only jocularly", and I didn't find anyone else. (The OED also offers the words sapiential, sapientious, and sapientipotent - which I rather like.)
Whereas "sentient" seems to be considered both a noun and adjective by various dictionaries (OED, Chambers, dictionary.com), without suggesting it is a joke, so I think I like "sentients" better.
But "sentientarian" ... sounds like an age description, so maybe a being made old with the weight of their wisdom. Am I close?
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I guess that it's reached the point where we should be grateful that they used sentients to mean plural, rather than sentience.
Hitch