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con·scious·ness
(kŏn′shəs-nĭs)n.
1. The state or condition of being conscious.
2. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group: Love of freedom runs deep in the national consciousness.
3.
a. Special awareness or sensitivity: class consciousness; race consciousness.
b. Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation: a movement aimed at raising the general public's consciousness of social injustice.
4. In psychoanalysis, the conscious.
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con•scious•ness
(ˈkɒn ʃəs nɪs)n.
1. the state of being conscious; awareness.
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: to regain consciousness.
4. awareness of something for what it is; internal knowledge: consciousness of wrongdoing.
5. concern, interest, or awareness: class consciousness.
6. the mental activity of which a person is aware, contrasted with unconscious thought.
7. Philos. the mind or the mental faculties, characterized by thought, feelings, and volition.
Idioms: raise one's consciousness, to make or become aware of one's own or another's needs, attitudes, etc., esp. stemming from political or social repression.
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conscious
– consciousness – conscience – conscientious1. 'conscious'
Conscious is an adjective. If you are conscious of something, you are aware of it.
She became conscious of Rudolph looking at her.
I was conscious that he had changed his tactics.
If you are conscious, you are awake, rather than asleep or unconscious.
The patient was fully conscious during the operation.
2. 'consciousness'
Consciousness is a noun. You can refer to your mind and thoughts as your consciousness.
Doubts were starting to enter into my consciousness.
If you lose consciousness, you become unconscious. If you regain consciousness or recover consciousness, you become conscious again after being unconscious. These are fairly formal expressions.
He fell down and lost consciousness.
He began to regain consciousness just as Kate was leaving.
She died in hospital without recovering consciousness.
In more informal English you can say that you pass out instead of 'lose consciousness', and come round instead of 'regain/recover consciousness'.
He felt sick and dizzy, then passed out.
When I came round, I was on the kitchen floor.
3. 'conscience'
Conscience is a noun. Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong.
My conscience told me to vote against the others.
Their consciences were troubled by stories of famine and war.
4. 'conscientious'
Conscientious is an adjective. Someone who is conscientious is very careful to do their work properly.
We are generally very conscientious about our work.
She seemed a conscientious, serious young woman.
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| Noun | 1. |  consciousness - an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes stream of consciousness - the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience sentience, awareness - state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness" waking - the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking" unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment |
| 2. | consciousness - having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" self-awareness - awareness of your own individuality feel - an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it"; sense - a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self" knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension |
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consciousness
noun
1. awareness, understanding, knowledge, recognition, enlightenment, sensibility, realization, apprehension His political consciousness sprang from his upbringing.
2. sentience, awareness, sensibility She banged her head and lost consciousness.
Quotations
"Consciousness... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known" [Roger Penrose The Emperor's New Mind]
"Consciousness... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known" [Roger Penrose The Emperor's New Mind]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
consciousness
nounThe condition of being aware:
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Translations
وَعْيوَعْي، إدْراك
vědomí
bevidsthed
teadvus
tajuntataju
svijest
tudattudatosság
meîvitund
意識
의식
conştiinţă
zavest
medvetande
การรู้สึกตัว
sự tỉnh táo
consciousness
[ˈkɒnʃəsnɪs]A. N
1. (= awareness) → conciencia f, consciencia f (of de) to raise sb's consciousness of sth → concienciar a algn sobre algo (Sp), concientizar a algn sobre algo (LAm)
2. (Med) → conocimiento m
to lose consciousness → perder el conocimiento
to regain consciousness → recobrar el conocimiento → volver en sí
to lose consciousness → perder el conocimiento
to regain consciousness → recobrar el conocimiento → volver en sí
B. CPD consciousness raising N → concienciación f (Sp), concientización f (LAm)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
consciousness
[ˈkɒnʃəsnəs] n (MEDICINE) → connaissance f
to lose consciousness → perdre connaissance
I lost consciousness → J'ai perdu connaissance.
to regain consciousness → reprendre connaissance
to lose consciousness → perdre connaissance
I lost consciousness → J'ai perdu connaissance.
to regain consciousness → reprendre connaissance
(= awareness) → conscience fconsciousness raising
n → sensibilisation f
modif [group, campaign] → de sensibilisation
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
consciousness
n
(Med) → Bewusstsein nt; to lose consciousness → das Bewusstsein verlieren, bewusstlos werden; to regain consciousness → das Bewusstsein wiedererlangen, wieder zu sich kommen
(= awareness) → Bewusstsein nt, → Wissen nt; her consciousness of her abilities → das Wissen um ihre Fähigkeiten
(= conscious mind) → Bewusstsein nt; to be consciousness-raising → den Bewusstseinsgrad erhöhen, bewusstseinserweiternd sein
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
conscious
(ˈkonʃəs) adjective1. aware of oneself and one's surroundings; not asleep or in a coma or anaesthetized etc. The patient was conscious.
2. (sometimes with of) aware or having knowledge (of). They were conscious of his disapproval.
ˈconsciously adverbˈconsciousness noun
The patient soon regained consciousness.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
consciousness
→ وَعْي vědomí bevidsthed Bewusstsein συναίσθηση conciencia tajunta conscience svijest coscienza 意識 의식 bewustzijn bevissthet świadomość consciência сознание medvetande การรู้สึกตัว bilinçlilik sự tỉnh táo 意识Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
con·scious·ness
n. consciencia, conocimiento, sentido; estado consciente;
clouding of ___ → torpor, confusión, entorpecimiento mental;
vt.
to lose ___ → perder el conocimiento; perder el sentido.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
consciousness
n conciencia or consciencia, conocimiento; altered level of — alteración f del nivel de conciencia; collective — conciencia colectiva; loss of — pérdida del conocimiento or de la conciencia; to lose — perder el conocimiento or la conciencia; to regain — volver en sí; [Note: conciencia is the more common spelling, but since it also means conscience, consciencia may be used to try to avoid confusion. According to the RAE consciencia should never mean conscience, but this distinction often goes unobserved.]English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.