Sapience

A step up from sentience. The possession of wisdom, or rather, the ability to think about thinking. Rats, dolphins, elephants, crows, and a few primates (including humans) have been scientifically proven to have sapience.

"Did you know that rats are sapient?" asks Johnny.
"Wait... Really? If they have sapience, isn't it basically murder if you kill one with a mousetrap then?!” replies Allan.

"Yes!" replies Johnny, smiling sociopathically.

Sapience by Who is this nobody? April 14, 2020

sapience

To know the low-down at the hoedown.

You can't get a date with that chick! She has too much sapience!

sapience by Doctor of Thesauracy November 7, 2006

Saxience 

The ability to change deterministic situations by resetting reality to a more favorable state.

Her saxience gives Sheila an advantage over others in her work group.

Saxience by Azeas May 23, 2025

Sapiencism

The belief that intelligence or rationality determines moral worth, and therefore the right to exploit or kill those deemed to have less of it.

"Justifying eating animals because they're less intelligent is pure sapiencism."
"He's a sapiencist who hasn't even examined his own bias."
"That's a sapiencist argument, you just moved the goalposts from sentience to intelligence without admitting it."
"Dean's entire argument is sapiencism, he just won't admit it."

Sapiencism by Earthling Official July 19, 2026