as in insight
the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships
the kind of sapience that comes from a lifetime of experience as an educator
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Recent Examples of sapience
Some people go the other way and say that sapience alone might be enough.
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2025
The myth has left its mark on everything from superhero fantasies to tales of benevolent robots—narratives where artificial or alien life is in communion with human life and arrayed against the ugliest forces that sapience can produce.
—Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
Stories of such yearnings also illustrate a key requirement for sapience: resistance to oppression.
—Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
This seeming truth is said with a kind of sleepy sapience, as though only the naïve or the self-deluded would imagine anything otherwise.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2019
IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2025
The myth has left its mark on everything from superhero fantasies to tales of benevolent robots—narratives where artificial or alien life is in communion with human life and arrayed against the ugliest forces that sapience can produce.
—Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
Stories of such yearnings also illustrate a key requirement for sapience: resistance to oppression.
—Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
This seeming truth is said with a kind of sleepy sapience, as though only the naïve or the self-deluded would imagine anything otherwise.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sapience
Noun
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The fallout between the two once-close collaborators has been simmering for some time, which Pusha offered insight into during an interview with GQ earlier this year.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Basinger offers insight into one of the key components of the studio’s indelible logo featuring mountaintop encircled by a ring of stars.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This makes abundant sense since AGI will be on par with human intellect and presumably available 24/7 anywhere and anyplace.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Imagine if zombies were just humans who their intellect, but are also homicidal maniacs.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
Noun
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This heat sensitivity forced Goldie toward the forensic study of cold volcanoes.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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This desire for meaningful experiences is pushing brands to innovate, not with gimmicks, but with authenticity, cultural sensitivity, and human connection at the core.—
Emily Weiss,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Sapience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sapience. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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