sophont

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”) + ὤν (ṓn, “on”), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “being, existing, essence”). First used in the 1966 works by Poul Anderson, coined by his wife Karen Anderson.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊfɑnt/

Noun

sophont (plural sophonts)

(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.
- 1966, Anderson, Poul, Trouble Twisters:
  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.
- 1980, David Brin, Sundiver, page 50:
  I'm honored to meet a sophont of the Soro line in person!
- 1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, Tor Books, page 406:
  Evil, they argued, could only have meaning on smaller scales, in the hurt that one sophont does to another.
- 1997, Spider Robinson, Lifehouse, Baen Books, page 2:
  Only one sophont appeared to be involved—and not a sophisticated one.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:sentient

References

“sophont” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 194.
sophont at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project

Anagrams

notophs, photons

单词	sophont
释义	sophont English Etymology From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”) + ὤν (ṓn, “on”), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “being, existing, essence”). First used in the 1966 works by Poul Anderson, coined by his wife Karen Anderson. Pronunciation (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊfɑnt/ Noun sophont (plural sophonts) (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. 1966, Anderson, Poul, Trouble Twisters: 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. 1980, David Brin, Sundiver, page 50: I'm honored to meet a sophont of the Soro line in person! 1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, Tor Books, page 406: Evil, they argued, could only have meaning on smaller scales, in the hurt that one sophont does to another. 1997, Spider Robinson, Lifehouse, Baen Books, page 2: Only one sophont appeared to be involved—and not a sophisticated one. Synonyms See Thesaurus:sentient References “sophont” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 194. sophont at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project Anagrams notophs, photons
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