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consciousness Definition

con·scious·ness (käns̸həs nis)

noun

  1. the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own feelings, what is happening around one, etc.
  2. the totality of one's thoughts, feelings, and impressions; conscious mind

consciousness Synonyms

consciousness

n.

consciousness Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • regain: With the help of some medicine he soon regained consciousness.
  • wake: What is happening in between moments of perception or thought in waking consciousness?
  • lose: In the unlikely event of a child losing consciousness, do not give them anything to swallow.
  • recover: Then he sat upon the rock to rest until the Turk recovered consciousness.
  • awaken: They do it to guide and awaken the consciousness of those that follow the path toward consciousness.
  • evolve: In short, modernism is characterized, apart from its international character, by its fascination with evolving consciousness.

Preposition: as

existence: Seeing Things The subjectivity of consciousness more traditionally conceived than in Consciousness as Existence.

Adjective modifier

  • collective: By activating the Collective Consciousness, we can do something positive.
  • cosmic: A particular form of mystical experience, cosmic consciousness ( CC ), occurred spontaneously; no mind altering drugs were used.
  • phenomenal: But what implications does this have for phenomenal consciousness?
  • perceptual: According to these writers, perceptual consciousness is a kind of false consciousness.
  • coherent: Then, after a few months, the government can maintain the group to perpetuate coherent national consciousness.
  • altered: The Ganzfeld technique aids this process as does any other form of altered consciousness including sleep.

Modifies a noun

cannot: This consciousness cannot be divided into a descriptive or informational aspect and a normative or imperative one.

Noun used with modifier

  • ego: Thus we ascend from physical awareness, through ego consciousness to the level of the self.
  • class: Where prejudices do continue they are more likely to be based on class consciousness than on racial grounds.
  • world: These groups will create a genuine change in the quality of world consciousness.

Preposition: of

  • sin: Also, the first occasion of consciousness of sin ( guilt ) historically occurred.
  • humanity: Each soul who grows spiritually is healing some of the imbalance in the collective consciousness of humanity.
  • self: How much memory do you need to have a consciousness of self?