Conscious (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
  2. fully aware of or sensitive to something (often followed 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. inwardly sensible of wrongdoing.
noun
  1. the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.
adjective
    • alert and awake; not sleeping or comatose
    • aware of one's surroundings, one's own thoughts and motivations, etc
    • aware of and giving value or emphasis to a particular fact or phenomenon
    • (in combination)
  1. done with full awareness; deliberate
    • denoting or relating to a part of the human mind that is aware of a person's self, environment, and mental activity and that to a certain extent determines his choices of action
    • (as noun)
Conscious (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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