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conscious

[kon-shuhs]

adjective

  1. aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.

  2. fully aware of or sensitive to something (often followed byof ).

    conscious of one's own faults; He wasn't conscious of the gossip about his past.

    Synonyms: ,
  3. having the mental faculties fully active.

    He was conscious during the operation.

  4. known to oneself; felt.

    conscious guilt.

  5. aware of what one is doing.

    a conscious liar.

  6. aware of oneself; self-conscious.

  7. deliberate; intentional.

    a conscious insult; a conscious effort.

  8. acutely aware of or concerned about.

    money-conscious; a diet-conscious society.

  9. Obsolete.Ģżinwardly sensible of wrongdoing.



noun

  1. Psychoanalysis.Ģżthe conscious, the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.

conscious

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adjective

    1. alert and awake; not sleeping or comatose

    2. aware of one's surroundings, one's own thoughts and motivations, etc

    1. aware of and giving value or emphasis to a particular fact or phenomenon

      I am conscious of your great kindness to me

    2. ( in combination )

      clothes-conscious

  1. done with full awareness; deliberate

    a conscious effort

    conscious rudeness

    1. 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

    2. ( as noun )

      the conscious is only a small part of the mind

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • consciously adverb
  • half-conscious adjective
  • half-consciousness noun
  • nonconscious adjective
  • nonconsciousness noun
  • overconscious adjective
  • overconsciousness noun
  • quasi-conscious adjective
  • ˈ³¦“DzԲõ³¦¾±“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
  • ˈ³¦“DzԲõ³¦¾±“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of conscious1

First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin conscius ā€œsharing knowledge with,ā€ equivalent to con- con- + sci- (stem of ²õ³¦Ä«°ł±š ā€œto knowā€; science ) + -us -ous; nice
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of conscious1

C17: from Latin conscius sharing knowledge, from com- with + ²õ³¦Ä«°ł±š to know
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Synonym Study

Conscious, aware, cognizant refer to an individual sense of recognition of something within or without oneself. Conscious implies to be awake or awakened to an inner realization of a fact, a truth, a condition, etc.: to be conscious of an extreme weariness. Aware lays the emphasis on sense perceptions insofar as they are the object of conscious recognition: He was aware of the odor of tobacco. Cognizant lays the emphasis on an outer recognition more on the level of reason and knowledge than on the sensory level alone: He was cognizant of their drawbacks.
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"We were hugely conscious of the risk of this happening at some point," one source said.

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So that was kind of the energy, actually, while we were filming ā€œRebel Ridgeā€: Let’s just focus on creating this original film without influence or at least without any conscious influence.

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Then you have time to do things like read and solve jigsaw puzzles with friends, two hobbies Klein says she has taken up again recently in a conscious effort to disengage from her phone.

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Despite his rising star and socially conscious lyrics, Moose Wala was drifting into dangerous territory.

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"The Chinese government equally is conscious of the need for economic growth. They're not hell-bent on solely conducting surveillance."

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