conscious
cons·cious
adjective
- “a conscious effort to speak more slowly”
- “a conscious policy”
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
- “remained conscious during the operation”
- “conscious of his faults”
- “became conscious that he was being followed”
(followed by `of'') showing realization or recognition of something
- “few voters seem conscious of the issue”
- “;”
- “;”
Origin
First use appears c. 1573 in the sense of "aware of wrongdoing".https://web.archive.org/web/20220714064352/https://www.lexico.com/definition/conscious From Latin cōnscius (“conscious, conscious of guilt”), itself from con- (a form of com- (“together”)) + scīre (“to know”) + -us.
Phrases
- class conscious
- conscious and oriented
- conscious hip hop
- conscious parallelism
- conscious rap
- conscious sedation
- conscious uncoupling
Related words
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