Definitions for consciousness

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consciousness con·scious·ness

Spelling: [kon-shuh s-nis]

IPA: /ˈkɒn ʃəs nɪs/

Consciousness is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 364 anagrams from letters in consciousness (cceinnoossssu).

Definitions for consciousness

noun

1. the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2. the thoughts and feelings, collectively, of an individual or of an aggregate of people:
3. full activity of the mind and senses, as in waking life:
4. awareness of something for what it is; internal knowledge:
5. concern, interest, or acute awareness:
6. the mental activity of which a person is aware as contrasted with unconscious mental processes.
7. Philosophy. the mind or the mental faculties as characterized by thought, feelings, and volition.

Idioms

1. 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.

Origin of consciousness

First recorded in 1625-35; conscious + -ness

Examples for consciousness

However we strain to distract ourselves, our consciousness of death heightens our awareness of evil.

Our very fear of the death-principle admits it into our consciousness.

Yet the consciousness of my situation does not always make me sad.

As soon as the criminal left the shop, the victim snapped back into consciousness and tried to chase after him.

Ellie Black rouses quietly to consciousness at around 3, her eyes unfocused, mind placid.

The consciousness of recent misconduct filled her with extreme dread.

While he was in a coma for seven days, his consciousness entered a series of transcendent realms.

Nothing but a poetic kind of consciousness could have conceived of anything like this.

The allusion and a consciousness of Vancouver brought a smile into Viviette's eyes.

Admitted into our consciousness it starts its work of killing us.