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con·scious·ness

   [kon-shuhs-nis]
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: the moral consciousness of a nation.
3.
full activity of the mind and senses, as in waking life: to regain consciousness after fainting.
4.
awareness of something for what it is; internal knowledge: consciousness of wrongdoing.
5.
concern, interest, or acute awareness: class consciousness.
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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.
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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.

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Origin:
1625–35; conscious + -ness

Related forms
un·der·con·scious·ness, noun
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conscious (ˈkɒnʃəs)
 
—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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consciousness
1630s, "internal knowledge," from conscious -ness. Meaning "state of being aware" is from 1746.
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consciousness 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, especially the complex of attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or a group.

  3. In psychoanalysis, the conscious.

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