Definitions for consciousness
ˈkɒn ʃəs nɪscon·scious·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. consciousnessnoun

   an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation

   "he lost consciousness"

2. awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingnessnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. consciousnessnoun

   The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Consciousnessnoun

   1.The perception of what passes in a man’s own mind. John Locke

   Etymology: from conscious.

   If spirit be without thinking, I have no idea of any thing left; therefore consciousness must be its essential attribute. Isaac Watts.

   Such ideas, no doubt, they would have had, had not their consciousness to themselves, of their ignorance of them, kept them from so idle an attempt. John Locke.

   2. Internal sense of guilt, or innocence.

   No man doubts of a Supreme Being, until, from the consciousness of his provocations, it become his interest there should be none. Government of the Tongue, s. 3.

   An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace, there must be some guilt or consciousness. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Consciousness

   Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience and awareness of internal and external existence. However, the lack of definitions has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debates by philosophers, theologians, linguists, and scientists. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with the mind, and at other times, an aspect of mind. In the past, it was one's "inner life", the world of introspection, of private thought, imagination and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, or self-awareness either continuously changing or not. The disparate range of research, notions and speculations raises a curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions or explanations are: simple wakefulness, one's sense of selfhood or soul explored by "looking within"; being a metaphorical "stream" of contents, or being a mental state, mental event or mental process of the brain.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. consciousness

   Consciousness is the state of being aware of and being able to think and perceive one's surroundings, thoughts, and feelings. It is often seen as a complex mental state that involves an individual's ability to experience and interpret the world around them through sensory experiences and cognitive processes. Consciousness can allow for reflection on one's self and others, and on abstract concepts, which can lead to high levels of understanding and learning. It is important to note that concepts of consciousness can vary greatly across different cultures, philosophies, and scientific disciplines.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Consciousnessnoun

   the state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc

2. Consciousnessnoun

   immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention

3. Consciousnessnoun

   feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence

WikidataRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Consciousness

   Consciousness is the quality or state of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind. Despite the difficulty in definition, many philosophers believe that there is a broadly shared underlying intuition about what consciousness is. As Max Velmans and Susan Schneider wrote in The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness: "Anything that we are aware of at a given moment forms part of our consciousness, making conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives." Philosophers since the time of Descartes and Locke have struggled to comprehend the nature of consciousness and pin down its essential properties. Issues of concern in the philosophy of consciousness include whether the concept is fundamentally valid; whether consciousness can ever be explained mechanistically; whether non-human consciousness exists and if so how it can be recognized; how consciousness relates to language; whether consciousness can be understood in a way that does not require a dualistic distinction between mental and physical states or properties; and whether it may ever be possible for computers or robots to be conscious.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. consciousness

   A state wherein one becomes aware that he is being robbed, swindled or duped, by either a natural or an artificial law. Aside from his periods of sleep it may be said that man is always in a state of consciousness when voting, making love, or when succumbing to any other form of hypnotic suggestion.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Consciousness

   Sense of awareness of self and of the environment.

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1. consciousness

   A form of personal and collective ability, animals, awareness, beings, beliefs, change, color, conscience, data, emotion, expression, energy, evolution, facts, feeling, frequency, human beings, information, intelligence, knowing, knowledge, life, light, love, memory, minds, people, perceptions, perspectives, proof, souls, spirit, structures, subconscious, systems, thoughts, truth,understanding, unity and wisdom.

   Consciousness is the collective sum of data that flows and moves throughout the energy fields of planet earth and beyond. We all have a cause and effect on each other through the interaction of the consciousness.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 6, 2020  

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   consciousness

   An animal or persons awareness, feeling, knowing, understanding, recognition, intelligence, knowledge, experience or perception of life and reality.

   Animal and human consciousness is very important in life.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019  

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   consciousness

   The feeling and knowing of being aware of and responsive to data, energy, thought, love, light, frequency, change, people, animals and life.

   The human consciousness is eternal and infinite and is a miracles in itself.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019  

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   consciousness

   The feeling and knowing of being conscious, aware, experience and knowledge of existence, thought, feeling, knowing, senses and life.

   Consciousness of a human being is very important as it is our awareness of what we live, experience and have knowledge of.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019  

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive State
   • Knowing

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consciousness' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3633

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consciousness' in Nouns Frequency: #1524

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of consciousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of consciousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of consciousness in a Sentence

1. James Scott:

   Electronic consciousness and the transhuman revolution renders infinite possibilities for the future as man merges with machines. This is an exhilarating time to be alive!

2. Paula Cadavid:

   We want this neighborhood just for white people. Out Hispanics. Out Blacks. Out Asians. they centered it, they printed labels, they purchased stamps. It was done so meticulously it shows the person did it with complete consciousness of what they were doing.

3. Chip Roy:

   One, to elevate them in the consciousness of the American people that they're our enemy, and they need to be destroyed, two, to give our law enforcement personnel and our government the tools and the power that is necessary to cut off their finances, to then go after American people who are providing them material support — if you're an American citizen helping a cartel member, then you need to go to jail — and do the things that are necessary to knock their knees out from under them.

4. H.W. Mann:

   Collective Consciousness. We have collectively created this reality. Old beliefs produce old results. We can collectively solve any problem, rewrite any program, create any reality. We do this by doing our individual parts and then collectively we complete the whole of humanity. This reality is collective consciousness. When we are collectively of one mind and conscious of what we are creating, then an unlimited new world opens up to us.

5. Paul Howard:

   I just don't recall, i have to say James Brown is not within the scope of my memory or consciousness.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=consciousness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Consciousness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=consciousness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consciousness
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=consciousness
8. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=consciousness