
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): subconscious, unconscious, consciousness, unconsciousness, conscious, subconscious, consciously, unconsciously
Xem thêm: awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
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
n.
he lost consciousness
he had no awareness of his mistakes
his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive