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/kon"sheuhs/, adj.
1. aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2. fully aware of or sensitive to something (often fol. by of): conscious of one's own faults; He wasn't conscious of the gossip about his past.
3. having the mental faculties fully active: He was conscious during the operation.
4. known to oneself; felt: conscious guilt.
5. aware of what one is doing: a conscious liar.
6. aware of oneself; self-conscious.
7. deliberate; intentional: a conscious insult; a conscious effort.
8. acutely aware of or concerned about: money-conscious; a diet-conscious society.
9. Obs. inwardly sensible of wrongdoing.
n.
10. the conscious,
Psychoanal. the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.
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1625-35; < L conscius sharing knowledge with, equiv. to con- CON- + sci- (s. of scire to know; see SCIENCE) + -us -OUS; cf. NICE]
Syn. 2. knowing, percipient. CONSCIOUS, AWARE, COGNIZANT refer to an individual sense of recognition of something within or without oneself. CONSCIOUS implies to be awake or awakened to an inner realization of a fact, a truth, a condition, etc.:
to be conscious of an extreme weariness. AWARE lays the emphasis on sense perceptions insofar as they are the object of conscious recognition:
He was aware of the odor of tobacco. COGNIZANT lays the emphasis on an outer recognition more on the level of reason and knowledge than on the sensory level alone:
He was cognizant of their drawbacks.
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Conscious — Con scious, a. [L. conscius; con + scire to know. See {Conscience}.] 1. Possessing the faculty of knowing one s own thoughts or mental operations. [1913 Webster] Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. I. Watts. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conscious — I (awake) adjective able to recognize, active, acute, alert, alive, animate, astir, breathing, endowed with life, enlivened, existent, existing, extant, imbued with life, in existence, inspirited, live, living, mortal, vivified II (aware)… … Law dictionary
conscious — [kän′shəs] adj. [L conscius, knowing, aware < conscire: see CONSCIENCE] 1. having a feeling or knowledge (of one s own sensations, feelings, etc. or of external things); knowing or feeling ( that something is or was happening or existing);… … English World dictionary
conscious — [adj1] alert, awake able to recognize, acquainted, aesthetic, alive to, apperceptive, apprised, assured, attentive, au courant, aware, certain, cognizant, conversant, discerning, felt, hep to*, informed, in on*, in right mind, keen, knowing,… … New thesaurus
conscious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) aware of and responding to one s surroundings. 2) (usu. conscious of) aware. 3) deliberate: a conscious effort. DERIVATIVES consciously adverb. ORIGIN Latin conscius knowing with others or in oneself … English terms dictionary
-conscious — UK [ˈkɒnʃəs] US [ˈkɑnʃəs] suffix used with some nouns and adverbs to make adjectives describing a person or organization that gives a lot of attention to a particular subject or thing Our aim is to operate in an environmentally conscious manner.… … Useful english dictionary
-conscious — [kän′shəs] combining form aware of and attaching importance to [status conscious] * * * … Universalium
-conscious — [kän′shəs] combining form aware of and attaching importance to [status conscious] … English World dictionary
conscious of — index acquainted Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
conscious — c.1600, knowing, privy to, from L. conscius knowing, aware, from conscire (see CONSCIENCE (Cf. conscience)); probably a loan translation of Gk. syneidos. A word adopted from the Latin poets and much mocked at first. Sense of active and awake is… … Etymology dictionary
conscious — sensible, *aware, cognizant, alive, awake Analogous words: attending or attentive, minding or mindful, watching (see corresponding verbs at TEND): *watchful, alert, vigilant: perceiving, noticing, noting, remarking, observing (see SEE) Antonyms:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
