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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·scious·ness DATE 1629 1. a. the quality or state of being aware especially of something within oneself b. the state or fact of being conscious of an external object, state, or fact c. awareness ; especially : concern for some social or political cause2. the state of being characterized by sensation, emotion, volition, and thought : mind 3. the totality of conscious states of an individual 4. the normal state of conscious life regained consciousness 5. the upper level of mental life of which the person is aware as contrasted with unconscious processes English Etymology consciousness 1630s, "internal knowledge," from conscious -ness. Meaning "state of being aware" is from 1746. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 consciousness con·scious·ness / 5kCnFEsnEs; NAmE 5kB:n- / noun[U] 1. the state of being able to use your senses and mental powers to understand what is happening 清醒状态；知觉: I can't remember any more—I must have lost consciousness. 我再也记不起什么了——我当时一定是失去了知觉。 She did not regain consciousness and died the next day. 她再也没有苏醒过来,第二天便去世了。 2. the state of being aware of sth 觉察；感觉；意识 SYN awareness :
his consciousness of the challenge facing him 他对所面临的挑战的清醒意识 class-consciousness (= consciousness of different classes in society) 阶级意识 3. the ideas and opinions of a person or group 观念；看法: her newly-developed political consciousness 她最近形成的政治观念 ⇨ see also stream of consciousness Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English consciousness noun 1 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 2 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 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun Synonyms: CARE 4, carefulness, concern, heed, heedfulness, regardWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: self-consciousness , or stream of consciousness , or consciousness-raising , or clouding of consciousness , or alternate consciousness , or double consciousness , or field of consciousnesscon·scious·ness \-nə̇s\ noun (-es) 1. a. : awareness or perception of an inward psychological or spiritual fact : intuitively perceived knowledge of something in one's inner self b. : inward awareness of an external object, state, or fact < a consciousness … of what really is at stake in modern philosophy — Hannah Arendt > c. : concerned awareness : interest , concern — often used with an attributive noun < tax consciousness > < class consciousness > < rank consciousness > 2. : the state or activity that is characterized by sensation, emotion, volition, or thought : mind in the broadest possible sense :something in nature that is distinguished from the physical 3. : the totality in psychology of sensations, perceptions, ideas, attitudes, and feelings of which an individual or a group is aware at any given time or within a particular time span — compare stream of consciousness 4. : waking life (as that to which one returns after sleep, trance, fever) wherein all one's mental powers have returned < the ether wore off and the patient regained consciousness > 5. : the part of mental life or psychic content in psychoanalysis that is immediately available to the ego — compare preconscious , unconscious 2 |
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