consciousness Definition
con·scious·ness (kän′s̸həs nis)
noun
- the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own feelings, what is happening around one, etc.
- the totality of one's thoughts, feelings, and impressions; conscious mind
consciousness Synonyms
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
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