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consciousness
[ kon-shuhs-nis ]
noun
- the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- the thoughts and feelings, collectively, of an individual or of an aggregate of people:
the moral consciousness of a nation.
- full activity of the mind and senses, as in waking life:
to regain consciousness after fainting.
- awareness of something for what it is; internal knowledge:
consciousness of wrongdoing.
- concern, interest, or acute awareness:
class consciousness.
- the mental activity of which a person is aware as contrasted with unconscious mental processes.
- Philosophy. the mind or the mental faculties as characterized by thought, feelings, and volition.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of consciousness1
Idioms and Phrases
- raise one's consciousness, to increase one's awareness and understanding of one's own needs, behavior, attitudes, etc., especially as a member of a particular social or political group.
Example Sentences
“It’s a great honor to play a role that exists so clearly in the public consciousness,†Corenswet said onstage, after receiving loud applause.
“This is not denial, but an ability to hold contradictory realities simultaneously — acknowledging threats while refusing to let them dominate our collective consciousness.â€
She began to cry and begged him to stop, but he choked her until she nearly lost consciousness, the lawsuit alleges.
Constitution and the Bill of Rights have acquired the status of scripture in the U.S. consciousness.
The baby, Jimmy Alderman, from London, was being breastfed in a sling in October 2023, but was in an unsafe position too far down the sling and lost consciousness after five minutes, the coroner found.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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