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consciousness

/kˈɑnʃʌsnʌs/noun3 syllables

Consciousness means: having knowledge of.

Synonyms for consciousness4

noun, as in having knowledge of

awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

Opposites of consciousness

unconsciousness

What does consciousness mean?2

noun

1

having knowledge of“he had no awareness of his mistakes”

2

an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation“he lost consciousness”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Consciousness in a sentence

  • The boxer finally recovered consciousness, ten minutes after he had been knocked out.unknown
  • Consciousness is still a mystery, for both science and philosophy.carlosalberto
  • Her vision blurred, she lost consciousness and passed out in his arms.felidad
  • Death is the irreversible loss of consciousness – the final faint, the ultimate eclipse.carlosalberto
  • A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.carlosalberto
  • Ten minutes after the knockout, the boxer regained consciousness.CM
  • Like dolphins or hominids, elephants also have a consciousness of self.Objectivesea
  • When he regained consciousness, he was lying in the park.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of consciousness

as a noun

plural
consciousnesses