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conscious
[kon-shuhs]
adjective
aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
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: ,having the mental faculties fully active.
He was conscious during the operation.
known to oneself; felt.
conscious guilt.
aware of what one is doing.
a conscious liar.
aware of oneself; self-conscious.
deliberate; intentional.
a conscious insult; a conscious effort.
acutely aware of or concerned about.
money-conscious; a diet-conscious society.
Obsolete.inwardly sensible of wrongdoing.
noun
Psychoanalysis.the conscious, the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.
conscious
/ ˈɒʃə /
adjective
alert and awake; not sleeping or comatose
aware of one's surroundings, one's own thoughts and motivations, etc
aware of and giving value or emphasis to a particular fact or phenomenon
I am conscious of your great kindness to me
( in combination )
clothes-conscious
done with full awareness; deliberate
a conscious effort
conscious rudeness
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
( as noun )
the conscious is only a small part of the mind
Other Word Forms
- consciously adverb
- half-conscious adjective
- half-consciousness noun
- nonconscious adjective
- nonconsciousness noun
- overconscious adjective
- overconsciousness noun
- quasi-conscious adjective
- ˈDzԲdzܲԱ noun
- ˈDzԲdzܲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of conscious1
Word History and Origins
Origin of conscious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"We were hugely conscious of the risk of this happening at some point," one source said.
So that was kind of the energy, actually, while we were filming “Rebel Ridge”: Let’s just focus on creating this original film without influence or at least without any conscious influence.
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.
Despite his rising star and socially conscious lyrics, Moose Wala was drifting into dangerous territory.
"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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