conscious

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English

Etymology

Late 16th century in the sense of "aware of wrongdoing".[1] From Latin cōnscius (“conscious, conscious of guilt”), itself from con- (a form of com- (“together”)) + scīre (“to know”) + -us.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: kŏnʹshəs IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.ʃəs/, /ˈkɒntʃəs/
• Rhymes: -ɑnʃəs, -ɒnʃəs, -ɒntʃəs

Adjective

conscious (comparative more conscious, superlative most conscious)

2. Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

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

4. Aware of, sensitive to; observing and noticing, or being strongly interested in or concerned about.

5. Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.
6. Known or felt personally, internally by a person.

7. (rare) Self-conscious, or aware of wrongdoing, feeling guilty.
   • c. 1634, John Dryden (translator), Richard Crashaw, Epigrammatum sacrorum liber

     The conscious water saw its God, and blushed.

Synonyms

• intentional deliberate, voluntary, wilful, see Thesaurus:intentional

Antonyms

• asleep
• unaware
• unconscious

Derived terms

Related terms

• conscience

Translations

Noun

conscious (plural consciouses)

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