consciouscon‧scious /ˈkɒnʃəs $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective 
I became conscious of someone watching me. I was very conscious of the fact that I had to make a good impression.conscious that She was conscious that Marie was listening to every word.2awake awake and able to understand what is happening around you OPP unconscious: The driver was still conscious when the ambulance arrived.3conscious effort/decision/attempt etc an effort etc that is deliberate and intended: Vivien had made a conscious effort to be friendly.4concerned thinking a lot about or concerned about somethingpolitically/environmentally/socially etc conscious environmentally conscious consumershealth-conscious/fashion-conscious etc Many employers are becoming more safety-conscious.conscious of She was very conscious of security. → self-conscious5thoughts conscious thoughts, memories etc are ones which you know about: the conscious mind Without conscious thought, she instinctively placed a hand on his arm. It affects the audience at a deeper, less conscious level.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 4adverbssocially/politically/environmentally etc conscious (=conscious of social/political etc issues)· We have all become more environmentally conscious.NOUN + conscioushealth conscious· People are health conscious nowadays and careful about what they eat.fashion conscious· Young girls are always very fashion conscious.security conscious· Most airports are extremely security conscious.safety conscious· Workers are encouraged to be safety conscious.cost conscious· Companies keen to increase their profits have to be cost conscious.class conscious (=concerned about what class of society people come from)· In the past, people were much more class conscious.
WORD ORIGINconscious
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin conscius, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + scire ‘to know’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dylan's latest record is a conscious attempt to break away from his old image and try out a new style.
- Francis was found in the car's trunk, covered in blood but conscious.
- Frank was found lying beside the road, covered in blood but still conscious.
- Julia made a conscious effort to appear unconcerned, even though she was very upset.
- The man was so drunk that he was barely conscious.
- But these should occur as a result of tradition or of conscious choice rather than of necessity.
- He would have become conscious of it and put it away, but he didn't.
- I began to be conscious even of the kidney shape.
- I could have wished she was conscious.
- It is widely agreed that interests can only meaningfully be attributed to beings which are, or have been, conscious.
- It would have an elite of politically conscious and publicly conscientious active citizens and a majority of couldn't-care-less passive citizens.
- Perhaps West who had been very conscious of social needs, had had an influence on his thoughts on such matters.
- She was conscious, but could not speak because of the gash at her throat.
Longman Language Activatorconscious
awake and able to understand what is happening around you - use this especially about someone who is ill or has had an accident or operation: · The driver was still conscious when the ambulance reached her.· Frank was found lying beside the road, covered in blood but still conscious.barely conscious: · The man was so drunk that he was barely conscious.
especially spoken conscious again after having been given a drug that made you unconscious: · They won't allow us to see her until the anesthesia has worn off and she's fully awake.· Will I be awake by the time I get back to the ward?
to become conscious again after being unconscious formal to become conscious again after being unconscious: · The doctors don't know when he'll regain consciousness.· She died without regaining consciousness.
British /come around American to become conscious again gradually, especially after an accident or injury: · Sue was coming around, but she still felt dizzy.· The police are waiting for him to come round so they can question him about the attack.
to become gradually conscious again after being made unconscious, especially by being hit on the head: · He came to a few minutes later, unable to remember anything about the accident.
to make someone conscious again British /bring somebody around American to make someone conscious, especially someone who has been unconscious for a short time: · Paramedics eventually brought the man around.· Elsie had fainted in the heat, and they were having difficulty bringing her round.
deliberate use this about things that you do or say deliberately: deliberate attempt: · It was a deliberate attempt to prevent the truth from being known.deliberate act of something: · FBI agents believe Thursday's power failure was a deliberate act of sabotage.quite deliberate British: · He definitely meant to be rude -- it was quite deliberate.
use this about things that you do or say deliberately, especially about things that are wrong or illegal: · The damage was not intentional but I was still annoyed.· The jury has to decide whether the killing was an intentional act.· If their advertisements are shocking, this is entirely intentional.
: conscious decision/effort/attempt etc a decision, effort that you decide to make after thinking carefully about what the result would be: · Julia made a conscious effort to appear unconcerned, even though she was very upset.· Dylan's latest record is a conscious attempt to break away from his old image and try out a new style.
deliberately and carefully planned - use this about something that is morally wrong or dishonest: · a calculated attempt to deceive the American public· The cruelty with which Mengele's orders were carried out was ruthless and calculated.· Statements made by Mr. Lyman were just a calculated scare tactic designed to frighten consumers.cold and calculated (=deliberate and without any pity): · She got rid of her victims one by one, with cold and calculated precision.
a premeditated crime or act of violence is one that is deliberate and has been planned -- used especially in legal contexts: · The defense claim that the killing was not premeditated.· The maximum penalty for premeditated murder is death or life imprisonment.
deliberately if you do something deliberately , you do it because you want to do it, and you hope it will have a particular result or effect: · She left the letter there deliberately so that you'd see it.· Police believe the fire was started deliberately.· Rogers was dismissed from the army for deliberately disobeying an order.· I think he was deliberately ignoring me.
spoken if you do something on purpose , you do it deliberately, for example in order to annoy people or to get an advantage for yourself - use this especially about things that are not very important: · I spilled my drink on purpose -- I needed an excuse to leave the room.· Will always pronounces my name wrong. Do you think he does it on purpose?· Is he really that dumb or is he acting that way on purpose?
if you do something intentionally , you do it deliberately - use this especially about actions that are wrong or illegal: · The jury had to decide whether he killed John Bishop intentionally or whether it was an accident.· The mayor denied intentionally misleading the public and proclaimed his innocence.· The article is intentionally provocative and looks likely to cause a stir.
if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong: · If any employee knowingly breaks the terms of this contract they will be dismissed immediately.· Stansfield would never have knowingly become involved in political espionage.
if you do something consciously , you do it carefully and you think about it as you are doing it, especially because you know what the result of your actions might be: · I don't think she was consciously trying to hurt your feelings.· Most school teachers do not consciously discriminate between their students.
British /willfully American if you wilfully do something, you do it deliberately or do not try to stop it even though you know it is wrong or it will cause harm -- used especially in legal contexts: · The mother could face a charge of wilfully neglecting her children.· The defendants were convicted of wilfully promoting racial hatred.· The new evidence was either not available or was willfully ignored.
said or done in a way that will make other people notice you, especially to show them that you think they should do something: · Miss Phillips looked at the clock pointedly and I realized that it was time for me to leave.· The shopkeeper made a rude comment about shoplifters and looked pointedly at the boy standing next to me.
to deliberately do something because you think it is important to do it, or because you want other people to notice that you have done it: make a point of doing something: · Kramer made a point of looking very bored while the colonel was speaking.· You should make a point of arriving fifteen minutes early at the office every morning -- show that you're keen.make a point of something: · "Did you complain about it?'' "Yes, I made a point of it.''
to know a fact or piece of information to know a fact or piece of information: · I love this painting - do you know the name of the artist?· Jack's leaving. Didn't you know?know (that): · I knew he was ill, but I didn't realize he had cancer.know how/what/where etc: · Do you know where Andy is?know about: · How much do you know about the Moore case?know of: · I know of one company where members of staff get their meals free.know a lot about: · He knew a lot about baseball, and about how to pick great players.
also realise British to know that a situation exists, and especially to know how important or serious it is: · None of us realized the danger we were in.· "She's been promoted to chief executive." "Oh, really? I didn't realize."realize (that): · I realize that you are very busy, but could I talk to you for a few minutes?realize how/what/why: · Even Horton's family hadn't realized how sick he was, both physically and emotionally.
formal to know or begin to realize that a situation exists, often a serious one: be/become aware of: · I am aware of the risks involved in the project, but I am willing to take them.· Children become aware of rules during this stage of development.be/become aware (that): · The question is, was the Chief of Police aware that so much corruption existed within the police department?well/acutely/keenly aware (=used to emphasize that someone definitely knows something): · There were signs everywhere - the two men must have been well aware that they were hunting out of season.painfully aware (=aware of something that upsets you): · Abbey was always painfully aware that she was not as pretty as her sister.
especially spoken to know that something is true because you can see signs that show this: · She's going to have a baby - couldn't you tell?can tell (that): · I could tell he worked outdoors, because he had a deep tan.can tell by/from: · You can tell by the look on her face that she's hiding something.can tell whether/what/how etc: · You can tell when kids aren't feeling well.· I couldn't tell exactly how old he was.from what I can tell...: · Don't worry. From what I can tell, you'll make a great father.
to understand how serious a situation or problem is: · I wonder if he really appreciates the seriousness of the situation.appreciate how/what/why: · Changes were taking place, though at the time no one fully appreciated how far-reaching these changes were to be.appreciate (that): · I appreciate that some of you have had to wait all night, and I thank you for your patience.
to know that a particular situation exists and to have it in your mind continuously: be conscious of: · I was very conscious of the fact that this was an important meeting and that I had to make a good impression.· As oil prices rose, countries in the West suddenly became conscious of fuel efficiency. be conscious (that): · He was conscious that she was staring at him as he spoke.
spoken use this to say that someone knows something, although they behave as if they do not: know perfectly well (that): · He knows perfectly well, he's not allowed to park outside the main door.· I knew perfectly well that I had anorexia, but I wouldn't admit that it was a problem.know perfectly well what/why/who etc: · You know perfectly well what I mean, so stop pretending you don't.
to know what is likely to happen in a particular situation, because you have learned from your own experiences: know/learn from experience (that): · He knew from experience that most ship's captains were not adequately covered with life insurance. know from past/personal/first-hand etc experience: · Kelly knew from personal experience that education is a ticket out of minimum-wage work.know from bitter experience (=know something because of a bad experience of something similar): · Sue learned from bitter experience not to rely on Martin in times of crisis.
to notice someone or something to realize that something is there or that something is happening, when you see it, hear it, or feel it: · "Julie's home." "Yes, I noticed her bicycle outside."· Do you notice anything different about my hair?notice (that): · As she was about to leave, she noticed that the kitchen window was open.· Dominic took a huge slice of cake, hoping no one would notice.· I noticed that he was rather quiet during dinner.notice how/when/where etc: · Did you notice what he was wearing?· She was worried that her boss would notice how long she had been gone.notice somebody doing something: · I was about to leave when I noticed someone coming up the driveway.
to know that something is true, because you notice signs that show you this: can see/can tell (that): · We could tell that she had been crying.· I can see you're not really enjoying this.
spoken say this to mention something that you have noticed: I see (that): · I see that the new De Niro movie is playing this weekend.· I see you've been working out.
to see something or someone that is difficult to notice, or something or someone that no one else notices: · I'm glad you spotted the mistake before it was too late.· If you spot Mom and Dad coming, warn me.· I dropped my keys in the grass, but luckily Jim spotted them.spot somebody doing something: · Police finally caught up with Serrano when he was spotted eating in an Upper East Side restaurant.difficult/easy to spot: · She won't be difficult to spot -- she's got pink hair and weighs about 300 pounds.
to gradually begin to notice something: become aware/conscious (that): · I slowly became aware that I was the only woman in the bar.· He became conscious that everyone in the room had suddenly gotten quiet.become aware/conscious of: · It wasn't until after the game that he became aware of the bruises on his legs.· She became conscious of a growing amount of hostility between them.
if something or someone catches your eye , you notice them and like them because they are interesting, attractive, or unusual: · I was walking through the market when a beautiful dress caught my eye.· Wright caught the eye of filmmaker Spike Lee, who featured him in a jeans commercial.
to notice something that is difficult to see, hear etc, especially because it is very small, faint, or unclear: · Marlowe detected a faint smell of perfume as he entered the room.· She wasn't moving or responding, but he detected a slow heartbeat.· Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your voice?· The system is so sensitive that it can detect changes in temperature as small as 0.003 of a degree.
to notice a fact or detail and remember it, because it tells you something about a person or because it might be useful to you in the future: · I noted her habit of looking at the floor whenever I asked her a question.note how/when etc: · He chatted to her, noting how her face reddened every time Ian's name was mentioned.note that: · Note that the compound is more stable at high temperatures.could/can not help but note that: · I couldn't help but note that Jenny doesn't phone or call around to see you anymore.it should be noted that: · It should be noted that the witness did not recognize the defendant.
formal to notice something as a result of watching or studying it closely: · I didn't observe anything out of the ordinary about her behaviour that day.observe that: · Psychologists observed that the mice became more aggressive when they were put in smaller cages.
formal to notice something, especially something that is difficult to notice: · Although Jane thought her father seemed anxious and uneasy, Susan did not perceive any change in his looks or ways.perceive (that): · The prime minister will only resign if he perceives there is no other way out of the crisis.· If they perceive that a military challenge threatens their country's interests, they will not hesitate to fight.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 4adverbs Students are becoming acutely aware that they need more than just paper qualifications. a story about alien beings who invade Earth
(=conscious of social/political etc issues)· We have all become more environmentally conscious.
NOUN + conscious· People are health conscious nowadays and careful about what they eat.
· Young girls are always very fashion conscious.
· Most airports are extremely security conscious.
· Workers are encouraged to be safety conscious.
· Companies keen to increase their profits have to be cost conscious.
(=concerned about what class of society people come from)· In the past, people were much more class conscious.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· Clearly this was a deliberate act of vandalism.
Students are becoming acutely aware that they need more than just paper qualifications.· His question was a deliberate attempt to humiliate her.
a story about alien beings who invade Earth (=one that you have thought about clearly)· Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby.
(=one that you concentrate on in order to achieve something)· He made a conscious effort to become a better person.
(=very interested in the latest fashions, and always wanting to wear fashionable clothes)· Fashion-conscious people can’t get enough of these new designs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· A conveyancer must be acutely conscious of the problems a conflict of interest might impose.· He was at that point of drunkenness where, acutely conscious of it, he made an effort to hide it.· Theda was therefore acutely conscious of one gentleman, rather stout and red of face.· We see therefore that the Framers were acutely conscious that the bicameral requirement and the Presentment Clauses would serve essential constitutional functions.· He was acutely conscious of the fact that his life hung on a twitch of his captor's trigger finger.· They are acutely conscious of having failed parental expectations.· Hannah was acutely conscious of Max.
· Everyone must carry an internal passport, and we were always conscious of security everywhere.· She is not a vain woman, but she is always conscious that others are looking at her.
· Throughout this book, I have emphasized that we must not think of genes as conscious, purposeful agents.· The psychoanalytic idea of the subject as unconscious, as well as conscious, provides a stronger challenge.
· He was still barely conscious and hadn't the energy to be anything but himself.· When I went to collect them, the sheep seemed barely conscious and the men looked like corpses.· I was barely conscious of anything except the will to live.· As she lay there, barely conscious, she heard the sound of a car engine approaching.· The girl was now writhing and moaning faintly, barely conscious of what was happening to her.
· In these environmentally conscious times, this is an uncomfortable growth industry.· That makes people more environmentally conscious.· The trials and tribulations of dining out, as experienced by an environmentally conscious broadcaster.· It is exactly the kind of thing a truly determined and environmentally conscious government could get on with and do.
· Often what needs to be communicated is not fully conscious.· We regard ourselves as being fully conscious then, and modern psychology supports that viewpoint.· For its part, the royal government was fully conscious of its dependence upon the pomeshchiks.· On the other hand, your readers might be bright and fully conscious of what they are reading.· When you fall forward, fully conscious or not, you put out your hands to break your fall.· It can also be argued that as human beings, while engaged in decision-making, we often ignore our fully conscious preferences.· He was awake, fully conscious.· He was fully conscious but his limbs, hands and feet began to carry out movements that were independent of his will.
· In the mid 1980s she became increasingly conscious of the links between gender and reception.
· The irregularities of this kind in Braque's work of 1908 are much more conscious and deliberate.· In college I became more conscious of social issues, and that expanded at law school.· We're trying our best to strengthen the family and make men more conscious of women's rights.· Man must exercise his will to become more conscious, in fulfilment of his aim.· The anti-Semitism that he there encountered made him more conscious of the Jewishness that had not been particularly important to him before.· Never am I more conscious of the tons of water that surround me.· Sometimes the message has been much more subtle and capable of reinterpretation in a later and more conscious age.· Both are becoming more conscious of the cost of capital and the need to use finance profitably.
· The majority of the electorate are only marginally politically conscious, and the personalisation of political issues and allegiances reflect this marginality.· It would have an elite of politically conscious and publicly conscientious active citizens and a majority of couldn't-care-less passive citizens.
· Some, like the Body Shop or Ben and Jerry's are obviously driven by socially conscious entrepreneurs.· Government traders could have been mistaken for socially conscious East Coast WASPs, had they only been a bit more repressed.· Tomorrow, she realised, she would be socially conscious again.· Even the socially conscious Victorians allow their principles to waver on this question.
· She was too conscious of Piers lounging in the chair opposite her to relax.· Neither should the inspector be too conscious of personal dignity.
· As he spoke I was very conscious of the smile which transformed his usually impassive face.· But it is undeniable that the most effective institutions of those sorts are very conscious of their markets.· He rested his eyes on her, very conscious of the smooth skin and her flowery perfume.· Watch him with other people and be very conscious of his behavior patterns.· Janet becomes a Tory, while Miranda grows up to be a very conscious feminist.· Steven was always very conscious of his appearance, and she encouraged him to dress well.· Perhaps West who had been very conscious of social needs, had had an influence on his thoughts on such matters.· I became very conscious that I must cover my chest.
NOUN· In both examples, a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market. 11.· It is squarely in the scientific tradition and is a conscious attempt to apply scientific method to international relations.· But any conscious attempt to disregard this proportionality would inflict unnecessary losses and suffering.
· Without it, we would not have any conscious awareness.· What on earth does any of this have to do with our feelings of conscious awareness?· I had no conscious awareness of the Latin root of the name Hilary until Antonia Byatt pointed it out to me.· Let me emphasize here that functionalists are happy to accept that many of our mental states are associated with conscious awareness.· An important feature of hysterical disorders is that the patient has no conscious awareness of feigning such symptoms.· Attention is the focusing of conscious awareness.
· One major distinguishing feature between all conscious beings is the eyes.· For nothing can be called intrinsically valuable unless it is actually valued by some conscious being.
· She reflected how different her life had become, by her own conscious choice.· This action continues quite mechanically all the time, and entirely without our conscious choice or volition.· But these should occur as a result of tradition or of conscious choice rather than of necessity.· It was as independent of will and conscious choice as any other form of socially conditioned conduct.· But not all the people involved have made a conscious choice to create this unit.· It was not a conscious choice to retreat from public life into a private world.
· In allowing life to grow in the womb, a woman is partly handing over to powers outside her conscious control.· All Saunders' finely crafted drawings, in fact, suggest speed and fluidity and an abandonment of conscious control.· This is our first error: conscious control over behaviour is generally overstated.· At the most profound, over which we had no conscious control, we were ideally suited and at peace.· These aspects of language performance are more under conscious control than are aspects of sentence structure and morphology.· Patients with complete supraconal lesions lose conscious control of defecation.· In time, Alexander will be recognized as a pioneer worker in establishing the conscious control of the use of the self.· Dreams happen to us, rather than being a product of conscious control, as fantasies are.
· It's a conscious decision and I think it's important that men understand a woman who is offering an alternative lifestyle.· I made a conscious decision to do more than persevere in the remaining years I have with my voice.· In reality, of course, they are the result of a long chain of conscious decision making.· When you make a conscious decision, it is done in the summit of the brain.· There has obviously been a conscious decision and determination on his part to make his life a fulfilment of prophetic utterance.· Once you've made a conscious decision to move you become more aware.· If a request is made to exceed the limit a conscious decision needs to be made.· It has to be designed or thought out carefully so that conscious decisions can be made about it.
· What varies, and varies dramatically, is the conscious effort with which they are identified and undertaken.· At each juncture, there is a breakdown in attention because the work requires sustained conscious effort.· This requires a conscious effort, because it is clear that discrimination is more often unintentional than intentional.· Accepting our human limitations in these high-pressure times, though, takes conscious effort.· Make a conscious effort to drink less tea and coffee - about one or two cups per day.· To break out of its solitude, it has had to make frequent and conscious efforts.· You're having to make a conscious effort to be detached, aren't you?· Making no conscious effort to save or throw away old tickets, they become collectors.
· This interpretation in no way diminishes the enigma of the relationship between electrochemical events in the nervous system and conscious experiences.· Such goods entail the existence of consciousness, so they must relate to conscious experience in some way.· In other words, the emergence of conscious experience depends only on an appropriate functional structure.· Perhaps the particular potentials he is recording are not causally linked with the conscious experiences he is investigating?· It is a conscious experience of the door, the door, the door, the door.· There's certainly nothing original about the observation that conscious experience poses a hard problem.
· It is a linking of the intangible with the tangible, which can only come about through conscious intention.· It is assisted by conscious intention on our part to recover balance and vibrant health.· Without conscious intention, I took her in my arms and kissed her.· She may be surprised, disconcerted; she may even have had no conscious intention of getting involved with this particular man.
· At the discussions, time is given to cause and effect, but this is mainly at a conscious level.· On a conscious level, the evilness of stepmother and stepsisters is sufficient explanation for what happens to Cinderella.· Unlike sleep, rest does not involve an alteration in conscious level.· The parable of the prodigal son conveys at a conscious level a message about the need for forgiveness and acceptance.· If the conscious level of the patient is affected - drowsiness, confusion, lethargy and unresponsiveness.· Some of us disown these qualities on a conscious level, and project them on to some one else.· All of the beliefs and thoughts which create our reality are now accessible at a conscious level.
· The Alexander Technique is a way of directing our conscious minds in order to be more in the present moment.· The coding process begins while en route between the retina and our conscious mind.· Now when you go to sleep it is only the conscious mind which shuts down; the subconscious can not do so.· Spirituality to me is a conscious mind.· You actually see far more than is registered in your conscious mind - and this is probably a good thing.· They sometimes act as a source of strength and insight not available to the conscious mind.· The Ego was designed as a mere postal service which delivers messages to our conscious mind.· Some of these will be working in his conscious mind right away; others will stimulate processes in his unconscious.
· With his conscious self, Lewis had a very distinct loathing of Ulster Protestantism.
· Some visions develop more deliberately, through controlled conscious thought.· They seem to know that conscious thought must be held in abeyance.· Yet the brain is not limited to conscious thought.· There has been no conscious thought or plan.· Some relationships drift into dependency and caring without much conscious thought.· Laura's last conscious thought was that she would have no trouble in sleeping for a week.· She had never been brought face to face with her great-uncle, and never devoted any conscious thought to him.· Long before there was any conscious thought of unity, there was shared experience.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- Accepting our human limitations in these high-pressure times, though, takes conscious effort.
- And each time the child has to make a new conscious effort like that, there is an opportunity to lose concentration.
- I made a conscious decision to do more than persevere in the remaining years I have with my voice.
- In both examples, a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market. 11.
- It's a conscious decision and I think it's important that men understand a woman who is offering an alternative lifestyle.
- Just lately I have made a conscious effort to really look at the book.
- Other subjects - like calculus or computing - can not be learned without some conscious effort.
- What varies, and varies dramatically, is the conscious effort with which they are identified and undertaken.
WORD FAMILYnounsubconsciousunconsciousconsciousnessunconsciousnessadjectiveconscious ≠ unconscioussubconsciousadverbsubconsciouslyconsciously ≠ unconsciously
1aware [not before noun] noticing or realizing something SYN awareconscious of (doing) something I became conscious of someone watching me. I was very conscious of the fact that I had to make a good impression.conscious that She was conscious that Marie was listening to every word.2awake awake and able to understand what is happening around you OPP unconscious: The driver was still conscious when the ambulance arrived.3conscious effort/decision/attempt etc an effort etc that is deliberate and intended: Vivien had made a conscious effort to be friendly.4concerned thinking a lot about or concerned about somethingpolitically/environmentally/socially etc conscious environmentally conscious consumershealth-conscious/fashion-conscious etc Many employers are becoming more safety-conscious.conscious of She was very conscious of security. → self-conscious5thoughts conscious thoughts, memories etc are ones which you know about: the conscious mind Without conscious thought, she instinctively placed a hand on his arm. It affects the audience at a deeper, less conscious level.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 4adverbssocially/politically/environmentally etc conscious (=conscious of social/political etc issues)· We have all become more environmentally conscious.NOUN + conscioushealth conscious· People are health conscious nowadays and careful about what they eat.fashion conscious· Young girls are always very fashion conscious.security conscious· Most airports are extremely security conscious.safety conscious· Workers are encouraged to be safety conscious.cost conscious· Companies keen to increase their profits have to be cost conscious.class conscious (=concerned about what class of society people come from)· In the past, people were much more class conscious.