Conscious Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Adjective
    • 1.3.1 Antonyms
    • 1.3.2 Related terms
    • 1.3.3 Translations

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŏn'shəs, IPA: /ˈkɒnʃəs/, SAMPA: /"kQnS@s/

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Etymology

From Latin conscius, itself from con- (a form of com-) 'together' + scire 'to know'

Adjective

conscious (comparative more conscious, superlative most conscious)

1. alert, awake.

   The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.

2. aware.

   I was conscious of a noise behind me.

3. aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness

   Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.

   • 1999, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now, Hodder and Stoughton, pages 61–62:

     The best indicator of your level of consciousness is how you deal with life's challenges when they come. Through those challenges, an already unconscious person tends to become more deeply unconscious, and a conscious person more intensely conscious.

Antonyms

• asleep
• unaware
• unconscious

Related terms

• conscience
• consciously
• consciousness
• subconscious
• unconscious
• preconscious

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