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SOPHONT: A generalized term for an intelligent life being, including humans as well as intelligent aliens.
See Major Race and Minor Race.
Description
A 'Sophont is a member of a species (race) generally recognized as sentient.
A person who studies sophonts is known as a Sophontologist.
See Sophontologist for more information.
Etymology
Derived from the Terran Greek word Sophia, meaning wisdom.
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 6 in article: 'Persons and Unpersons: What constitutes Intelligence'
- External Link: Citations for Sophont