Associations to the word «Consciousness»

Wiktionary

CONSCIOUSNESS, noun. The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

Dictionary definition

CONSCIOUSNESS, noun. An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness".
CONSCIOUSNESS, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats