English Explanatory Dictionary

consciousness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
  2. The state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.
  3. The fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.
  4. Acute awareness (of something) and belief in its communal relevance.
  5. A being with cognition.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒnʃəsnəs/ /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/ en-us-consciousness.ogg

Word forms

consciousness consciousnesses

Etymology

From conscious + -ness.

Synonyms

awareness witfulness

Antonyms

unconsciousness

Related words

conscious conscience being-for-itself

Derived words

class consciousness clouding of consciousness consciousness-raising dysconsciousness mainstream consciousness phenomenal consciousness raise someone's consciousness stream of consciousness super-consciousness supraconsciousness time of useful consciousness unself-consciousness witness-consciousness

Translations

Ainu: エコンラム Albanian: vetëdijë Southern Altai: санаа Arabic: وَعْي Arabic: شُعُور Armenian: գիտակցություն Azerbaijani: şüur Azerbaijani: anlaq Bashkir: аң Belarusian: свядо́масць Belarusian: сьвядо́масьць Belarusian: прыто́мнасць Belarusian: прыто́мнасьць Bengali: চেতনা Central Bikol: agimadmad Bulgarian: съзна́ние Bulgarian: съзна́телност Burmese: စိတ် Burmese: ဝိညာဉ် Burmese: သတိ Catalan: consciència Chinese Cantonese: 意識 /意识 Chinese: 意識 /意识 Chinese Mandarin: 意識 /意识 Czech: vědomí Czech: uvědomění Danish: bevidsthed Dutch: bewustzijn Esperanto: konscio Estonian: teadvus Finnish: tajunta Finnish: tietoisuus Finnish: taju French: conscience Galician: consciencia Georgian: ცნობიერება German: Bewusstsein German: Gewahrsein German: Erkenntnis German: Bewusstheit German: Wahrnehmung Greek: συνείδηση Hebrew: מוּדָעוּת Hindi: चेतना Hindi: होश Hungarian: tudatosság Hungarian: tudat Hungarian: eszmélet Icelandic: meðvitund Indonesian: kesadaran Irish: comhfhios Italian: conoscenza Italian: coscienza Japanese: 意識 Japanese: 人心地 Kazakh: сана Khmer: ញាណ Khmer: មនសិការ Korean: 의식 Korean: 자각 Kyrgyz: сезүү Lao: ສະຕິ
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