Conscious

Word CONSCIOUS
Character 9
Hyphenation con scious
Pronunciations /ˈkɒn.ʃəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Conscious"

What do we mean by conscious?

Characterized by or having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts. synonym: aware. adjective

Mentally perceptive or alert; awake. adjective

Capable of thought, will, or perception. adjective

Subjectively known or felt. adjective

Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate. adjective

Inwardly attentive or sensitive to something. adjective

Showing awareness of or preoccupation with something. Often used in combination. adjective

In psychoanalysis, the component of waking awareness perceptible by a person at any given instant; consciousness. noun

In the state of a waking as distinguished from that of a sleeping person or an inanimate thing; in the act of feeling, or endowed with feeling, in the broadest sense of the word.

Attributing, or capable of attributing, one's sensations, cognitions, etc., to one's self; aware of the unity of self in knowledge; aware of one's self; self-conscious.

Having one's feelings directed toward one's self; embarrassed by one's feelings about one's own person, and by the sense of being observed and criticized by others.

Present to consciousness; known or perceived as existing in one's self; felt: as, conscious guilt.

Aware of an object; perceiving.

Aware of an external object: a less correct use of the term: followed in either use by of or that, formerly by to or to one's self that.

Aware of some element of character as belonging to one's self.

Synonyms To be Sensible or Conscious, etc. (see feel). Aware, Conscious. Aware refers commonly to objects of perception outside of ourselves; conscious, to objects of perception within us: as, to become aware of the presence of a stranger; to be quite aware of the danger of one's situation; to become conscious of a pain in one's eye. Aware indicates perception without feeling; conscious, generally recognition with some degree of feeling.

Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations. adjective

Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. adjective

Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self. adjective

The part of the mind that is aware of itself; the consciousness.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Conscious

The word "conscious" in example sentences

However, whether or not this applies to man in the first stages of his upward climb to the goal of attainment of conscious godhood, it most assuredly applies to those souls who have become aware of their purpose, and who have made a _conscious_ choice of their karma. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

When we choose to do our duty, we make a conscious choice, and although earlier right action has set up certain nerve co-ordinations which render it now easy to choose the right, yet it must be remembered that _conscious judgment_ is also involved. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

Here are the top 20 stories of the year that inspire good sex, which we define as conscious and conscientious sexual impulses resulting in consensual activity that positively impacts our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. ❋ M.F.T. Alexandra Katehakis (2011)

As a telemarketing Sales Wolf, my conscious is always clear. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Under this view we are all what he terms conscious automata, or machines which happen, as it were by chance, to be conscious of some of their own movements. ❋ George John Romanes (1871)

The drug they gave me for the procedure, Versed, is what they refer to as conscious sedation or "twilight sleep" but apparently I was not conscious at all - and I defintely wasn't oriented! ❋ Unknown (2009)

“There were people throwing up everywhere,” said Dr. Beverley Bunn, 43, an orthodontist from Texas, who said she struggled to remain conscious in the sweat lodge, a makeshift structure covered with blankets and plastic and heated with fiery rocks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the difference is also rooted in conscious policy decisions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the fact that speakers themselves are constantly making normative judgments, not just in conscious reflection upon language but in the most basic activity of forming and decoding untterances — this is part of the basic data the linguist should be acknowledging and studying, not denying and proscribing in what amounts to a renunciation of the empirical method. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The property of being about or directed toward a subject, as inherent in conscious states, beliefs, or creations of the mind, such as sentences or books. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And on your last point: “But the fact that speakers themselves are constantly making normative judgments, not just in conscious reflection upon language but in the most basic activity of forming and decoding untterances — this is part of the basic data the linguist should be acknowledging and studying, not denying and proscribing in what amounts to a renunciation of the empirical method.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

The grounds for the charge were primarily Mr. Liu's support for Charter 08, a citizens 'manifesto that was conceived in conscious admiration of Charter 77 in the former Czechoslovakia and published in December 2008 to mark the 60th anniversary of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ❋ Perry Link (2010)

Hell, part of the reason why I'm environmentally conscious is BECAUSE I've traveled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama trying so hard to make himself seem budget conscious is like buying a Ferrari Enzo, a new Yacht and a 108 inch LCD TV and then bragging about being frugal by saving a dollar on Life cereal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I know my conscious is clear and that I did nothing wrong. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such a worker, conscious that he has failed, conscious from the hard fact that he cannot obtain work in the higher employments, finds several courses open to him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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