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Definition of Consciousness

1. Noun. An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation. "He lost consciousness"

2. Noun. Having knowledge of. "Their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

Definition of Consciousness

1. n. The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

Definition of Consciousness

1. Noun. The state of being conscious or aware; awareness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consciousness

1. [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Consciousness

1. Sense of awareness of self and of the environment. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consciousness

conscientious objectors conscientiously conscientiousness conscientization conscientous conscilience conscionable conscionableness conscionably conscious

conscious(p) conscious parallelism conscious sedation consciouses consciously consciousness (current term) consciousness-altering drug consciousness disorders consciousnesses conscribe

conscribed conscribes conscribing conscript conscripted conscripting conscription conscriptions conscripts consecrate

Literary usage of Consciousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philosophical Review by Sage School of Philosophy, Cunningham, Gustavus Watts, 1881-, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Jacob Gould Schurman (1897)
"(2) What variations in human nature are due to variations in the extent, degree, and unity of self-consciousness ? — The essence of self- consciousness is ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"The hypothesis that consciousness has played a leading part in evolution would seem to be negatived by the well-known facts of reflex action, automatism, ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"ISON ORDAHL CONTENTS I. Introduction H The Concepts of consciousness, Unconsciousness and Sub- consciousness 159 Unconsciousness 161 Subconsciousness 161 ..."

4. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"CHAPTER IV GENERAL ANALYSIS OF consciousness UP to this point in our discussion, the references to consciousness have been in general terms. ..."

5. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (1899)
"mined conjunction of the given manifold, so that the unity of this act is at the same time the unity of consciousness (in the conception of a line), ..."

6. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1890)
"The remark will at once occur that the question concerning the relation between our consciousness, as in succession, and the idea of God, is essentially ..."

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