consciousness
[noun]
Synonyms: awareness, apprehension, knowledge, realization, recognition, sensibility

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

con‧scious‧ness W3 /ˈkɒnʃəsnəs, ˈkɒnʃəsnɪs $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun
[Word Family: noun: subconscious, unconscious, consciousness, unconsciousness; adverb: subconsciously, consciously ≠ unconsciously; adjective: conscious ≠ unconscious, subconscious]

1. [uncountable] the condition of being awake and able to understand what is happening around you:
David lost consciousness (=went into a deep sleep) at eight o'clock and died a few hours later.
She could faintly hear voices as she began to regain consciousness (=wake up).

2. [uncountable and countable] your mind and your thoughts:
The painful memories eventually faded from her consciousness.
Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness.
research into human consciousness

3. [countable] someone’s ideas, feelings, or opinions about politics, life etc:
The experience helped to change her political consciousness.

4. [uncountable] when you know that something exists or is true Synonym : awareness:
This will increase public consciousness of the pollution issue.
⇒ stream of consciousness

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

consciousness
noun
I. being able to see/hear/feel things
ADJ. full | higher to aspire to a higher consciousness
individual | human
VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS lose She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness.
recover, regain | bring sb back to The cold water brought me back to full consciousness.
enter The words slowly entered her consciousness.
PHRASES a level/state of consciousness an altered state of consciousness

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

consciousness
II. being aware of sth
ADJ. full I left the room with full consciousness of the impression I would make.
growing | altered | collective, public | national | modern | black | working-class | class, environmental, feminist, green, political, religious, social a new political consciousness among young people
false (technical) She sees racism as a form of false consciousness, where a society collectively believes untrue things about other races.
VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS develop, raise They have succeeded in raising consciousness on many issues.
enter imagery that has entered the national consciousness through the media
be lodged in, lodge itself in The idea firmly lodged itself in the public consciousness.
PREP. in (the) ~ a key position in feminist consciousness
~ among, ~ of a growing consciousness of environmental issues among children

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

consciousness

lose consciousness (=go into a type of deep sleep that is not normal)
As she fell, she hit her head and lost consciousness for several minutes.
regain/recover consciousness (=wake up)
I wanted to stay at the hospital until he regained consciousness.
return to consciousness
When I returned to consciousness, my head was throbbing with pain.
bring somebody back to consciousness
The doctors were unable to bring her back to consciousness.
drift in and out of consciousness (=be awake and then not awake, and then awake again, etc)
He had a high temperature and was drifting in and out of consciousness.

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