consciousness.
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
Meaning & usage
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness. The state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.
To lose consciousness after striking one's head
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness. The fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness. Acute awareness (of something) and belief in its communal relevance.
the development of a feminist consciousness
A being with cognition.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English conscious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English consciousness From conscious + -ness.
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