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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Consciousness \Con"scious*ness\, noun
1. The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.
Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or ''ego'' of its acts and affections; -- in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine. --Sir W. Hamilton.
2. Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under {Attention}.
Annihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation. --Sir W. Hamilton.
And, when the steam Which overflowed the soul had passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left. . . . images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and can not be destroyed. --Wordsworth.
The consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness. --Froude.
3. Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence. [R.]
An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
consciousness
noun
1: an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness" [ant: {unconsciousness}]
2: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" [syn: {awareness}, {cognizance}, {cognisance}, {knowingness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "consciousness": advertence, advertency, alertness, all-night vigil, apperception, appreciation, appreciativeness, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attention span, attentiveness, awareness, brain, care, carefulness, cognition, cognizance, concentration, concern, consideration, diligence, ear, earnestness, experience, faculties, feeling, head, heed, heedfulness, insight, insomnia, insomniac, insomnolence, insomnolency, intellect, intellectual gifts, intellectuals, intelligence, intentiveness, intentness, lidless vigil, mentality, mindfulness, noesis, note, notice, observance, observation, parts, percept, perception, realization, recognition, regard, regardfulness, remark, respect, response, response to stimuli, restlessness, sensation, sense, sense impression, sense perception, senses, sensibility, sensory experience, sentience, sleeplessness, thought, tossing and turning, vigil, wake, wakefulness, wise man, wits
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