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ʃəs adjective
1.
aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2.
fully aware of or sensitive to something (often followed by of ): conscious of one's own faults; He wasn't conscious of the gossip about his past.
3.
having the mental faculties fully active: He was conscious during the operation.
4.
known to oneself; felt: conscious guilt.
5.
aware of what one is doing: a conscious liar.
noun
10.
the conscious, Psychoanalysis. the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.
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Origin:
1625–35; < Latin conscius sharing knowledge with, equivalent to con- con- + sci- (stem of scīre to know; see science) + -us -ous; cf. nice
1625–35; < Latin conscius sharing knowledge with, equivalent to con- con- + sci- (stem of scīre to know; see science) + -us -ous; cf. nice
Related forms
con·scious·ly, adverb
half-con·scious, adjective
half-con·scious·ly, adverb
half-con·scious·ness, noun
non·con·scious, adjective
non·con·scious·ly, adverb
non·con·scious·ness, noun
o·ver·con·scious, adjective
o·ver·con·scious·ly, adverb
o·ver·con·scious·ness, noun
qua·si-con·scious, adjective
qua·si-con·scious·ly, adverb
Synonyms
2. knowing, percipient. Conscious, aware, cognizant refer to an individual sense of recognition of something within or without oneself. Conscious implies to be awake or awakened to an inner realization of a fact, a truth, a condition, etc.: to be conscious of an extreme weariness. Aware lays the emphasis on sense perceptions insofar as they are the object of conscious recognition: He was aware of the odor of tobacco. Cognizant lays the emphasis on an outer recognition more on the level of reason and knowledge than on the sensory level alone: He was cognizant of their drawbacks.
2. knowing, percipient. Conscious, aware, cognizant refer to an individual sense of recognition of something within or without oneself. Conscious implies to be awake or awakened to an inner realization of a fact, a truth, a condition, etc.: to be conscious of an extreme weariness. Aware lays the emphasis on sense perceptions insofar as they are the object of conscious recognition: He was aware of the odor of tobacco. Cognizant lays the emphasis on an outer recognition more on the level of reason and knowledge than on the sensory level alone: He was cognizant of their drawbacks.
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conscious (ˈkɒnʃəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | a. alert and awake; not sleeping or comatose |
| b. aware of one's surroundings, one's own thoughts and motivations, etc | |
| 2. | a. aware of and giving value or emphasis to a particular fact or phenomenon: I am conscious of your great kindness to me |
| b. (in combination): clothes-conscious | |
| 3. | done with full awareness; deliberate: a conscious effort; conscious rudeness |
| 4. | a. denoting or relating to a part of the human mind that is aware of a person's self, environment, and mental activity and that to a certain extent determines his choices of action |
| b. (as noun): the conscious is only a small part of the mind | |
| [C17: from Latin conscius sharing knowledge, from com- with + scīre to know] | |
| 'consciously | |
| —adv | |
| 'consciousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
conscious
c.1600, from L. conscius "knowing, aware," from conscire (see conscience); probably a loan-translation of Gk. syneidos. A word adopted from the Latin poets and much mocked at first. Sense of "active and awake" is from 1837.
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Medical Dictionary
conscious con·scious (kŏn'shəs)
adj.
Having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts.
Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate.
In psychoanalysis, the component of waking awareness perceptible by a person at any given instant.
con'scious·ly adv.
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Example sentences
If they snack in the middle of the night, they are awake and fully conscious of their actions.
As more people become environmentally conscious, there has been a steady increase in the sale of push mowers.
The authors have proposed a scenario that truly reaches the limits of conscious thinking.
Sometimes the songs have a common thread, even if it's not obvious or even conscious on the artists' part.
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