raise_consciousness

World English Dictionary
conscious (ˈkɒnʃəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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

consciousness
1630s, "internal knowledge," from conscious -ness. Meaning "state of being aware" is from 1746.
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Raise consciousness is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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