Definition of conscious in English:

conscious

adjective ˈkɒnʃəsˈkɑn(t)ʃəs

1Aware of and responding to one's surroundings.
although I was in pain, I was conscious
Example sentencesExamples
- For cooperative, conscious patients it may be possible to collect and then analyze expired air.
- The patient is conscious at this point and is repeatedly examined by the surgeon or neurologist.
- Patients with a normal conscious level, no signs of external injury, and a history of a trivial blow to the head can be discharged.
- During 2002, fully conscious patients with a polio-like flaccid paralysis were also recognised.
- Patients who are conscious but in a vegetative state may also have their life support stopped.
- You can also choose to stay conscious during the operation, or be mildly sedated so that you aren't fully aware of what is happening.
- He was admitted to the ICU conscious and alert, but with a very low blood pressure, and very marginal oxygenation.
- The Glasgow coma scale is a clinical scoring system for objectively assessing how conscious a patient is.
- Most had died along the way, but one young lad, his arm and leg completely shattered by shrapnel, was conscious and groaning.
- The four adult members of the family were conscious but had muscle stiffness with periodic convulsive movements of the limbs and opisthotonos.
- The person may remain completely or partially aware, and will remain conscious.
- Its critics claim that some downed animals are passed by inspectors because they are just conscious enough to respond to a kick.
- So why then are the surgeons so reluctant to operate on conscious patients?
- Neurological examination 48 hours later showed that he was conscious and able to obey commands but profoundly weak.
- The first man has spat out his endotracheal tube and is conscious, asking what the score is.
- Every conscious minute of my entire life the heterosexual mantra is broadcasted.
- She's barely conscious, but she does react when you talk to her.
- If the patient is conscious and alert, call the local poison control center.
- Generally, the patients were conscious when admitted on to the neurosurgical wards.
- If the casualty is conscious, put them in the recovery position - see below.
Synonyms
aware, awake, wide awake, compos mentis, alert, responsive, reactive, feeling, sentient
aware of, alive to, awake to, alert to, sensitive to, cognizant of, mindful of, sensible of
informal wise to, in the know about, hip to
archaic ware of
rare seized of, recognizant of, regardful of
2Having knowledge of something.
we are conscious of the extent of the problem
Example sentencesExamples
- Home, she says, is definitely London, but she is conscious of her Scottish roots.
- It was the comics that made me conscious of a life outside the little parochial society of Ireland.
- The pupils were aware of the obesity problem and conscious of the need to eat healthy foods.
- Many of our younger folk may not even know the prayer but at least they are conscious of what it means.
- The majority of us can be misunderstood if we are not conscious of the divisions in our society.
- He has also called on motorists to be more conscious of pedestrians and cyclists.
- Both rider and vet would have been conscious of the risks they were taking so close to a games that was marked by a hunt for drug cheats.
- When I had my first two, I was younger and less conscious of what was required of me as a parent.
- I was conscious of being lucky to live in an old house, looking out over the broad river.
- We have never been so aware of the issue of waste, or so conscious of the need to recycle.
- I am also conscious of the important contribution they make to our economy.
- I am conscious of the need for caution but have not allowed for the determination of Peru's ladrones.
- We are conscious of what we do to the extent that we are conscious also of what we do not do - of what we might have done.
- People are very conscious of the need to make roads as safe as possible.
1. 2.1in combination Concerned with or worried about a particular matter.
  they were growing increasingly security-conscious
3(of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional.
a conscious effort to walk properly
Example sentencesExamples
- Sharing involves both teaching and learning - actions that require a conscious effort.
- That just happened, it wasn't a conscious effort really, but I think just by the nature of having more characters in it.
- The actions of cultural heroes are neither fully intentional nor conscious.
- This calls for conscious and deliberate efforts to develop qualities like altruism and selflessness.
- Certain others benefited from deliberate and conscious acts of emancipation.
- So, I'm making a conscious effort to not feel guilty unnecessarily.
- The effort was conscious and deliberate with each artist paired with a designer.
- Cricket is a game that I have a lot of time for, ever since I made the conscious effort a few years ago to sit down and make myself familiar with the rules.
- Just imagine what the world would be like if every one of us made a conscious effort to genuinely love one another?
- We made a really conscious effort to forget about the critics - nothing good can come from thinking about that, anyway.
- These students are now more aware of what they eat and are making conscious decisions to eat well and get active.
- Has choosing such roles been a conscious effort on her part?
- As more immigrants came to the country, there was a conscious effort to mold children into American citizens.
- They are created by conscious and deliberate planning, which may span centuries.
Synonyms
deliberate, intentional, intended, done on purpose, purposeful, purposive, willed, knowing, considered, studied, strategic
calculated, wilful, premeditated, planned, pre-planned, preconceived, volitional
aforethought
Law, dated prepense
1. 3.1 (of the mind or a thought) directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned.
  when you go to sleep it is only the conscious mind which shuts down
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is here that the conscious thought and the perceptive experience flow.
  The phenomenal character of conscious thought and propositional attitudes will be discussed in the next chapter.
  All conscious thought seemed to shut off, disconnect, leaving him only to instincts.
  In this totality the conscious mind is contained like a smaller circle within a larger one.
  The conscious mind then reverses the reverse message and directs us to speak in forward speech.
  Any conscious thought process that may be required on the range to shoot well will hardly exist when your meter is pegged.
  The war is between my habitual and conscious thoughts about how to live and a new perspective struggling to be born.
  And hypnosis works was bypassing the conscious mind and communicating directly with the unconscious mind.
  In this state, the subconscious mind becomes more active, allowing the conscious mind to rest and rejuvenate itself.
  Specialized neural machinery takes care of the heavy lifting while our conscious minds sit lazily at the controls.
  Then my subconscious mind taught my conscious mind how to use the tricks it had learnt.
  In what respects are both conscious thought and perception phenomenal?
  Then, before he knew exactly what he was doing, he was moving, almost without conscious thought.
  Even conventional psychology talks about the fact we have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind.
  She had let her subconscious wander while her conscious mind paid attention to the landscape around her.
  It is entirely possible that someone has a reasonable opinion, deriving from conscious thought.
  Eventually, the activities should become so ingrained they no longer seem like conscious thought.
  However, I believe nightmares are a gift of our subconscious to our conscious minds.
  Dreams are highly personal communications between the subconscious and the conscious minds.
  As in life, the provocations to feeling or to action do not occur in step with the conscious thoughts of the characters.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'being aware of wrongdoing'): from Latin conscius 'knowing with others or in oneself' (from conscire 'be privy to') + -ous.

Rhymes

subconscious, unselfconscious

Definition of conscious in US English:

conscious

adjectiveˈkɑn(t)ʃəsˈkän(t)SHəs

1Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake.
Example sentencesExamples
- The patient is conscious at this point and is repeatedly examined by the surgeon or neurologist.
- The Glasgow coma scale is a clinical scoring system for objectively assessing how conscious a patient is.
- So why then are the surgeons so reluctant to operate on conscious patients?
- Neurological examination 48 hours later showed that he was conscious and able to obey commands but profoundly weak.
- During 2002, fully conscious patients with a polio-like flaccid paralysis were also recognised.
- She's barely conscious, but she does react when you talk to her.
- Generally, the patients were conscious when admitted on to the neurosurgical wards.
- Patients who are conscious but in a vegetative state may also have their life support stopped.
- Most had died along the way, but one young lad, his arm and leg completely shattered by shrapnel, was conscious and groaning.
- The first man has spat out his endotracheal tube and is conscious, asking what the score is.
- Every conscious minute of my entire life the heterosexual mantra is broadcasted.
- Patients with a normal conscious level, no signs of external injury, and a history of a trivial blow to the head can be discharged.
- If the casualty is conscious, put them in the recovery position - see below.
- You can also choose to stay conscious during the operation, or be mildly sedated so that you aren't fully aware of what is happening.
- The person may remain completely or partially aware, and will remain conscious.
- For cooperative, conscious patients it may be possible to collect and then analyze expired air.
- The four adult members of the family were conscious but had muscle stiffness with periodic convulsive movements of the limbs and opisthotonos.
- He was admitted to the ICU conscious and alert, but with a very low blood pressure, and very marginal oxygenation.
- If the patient is conscious and alert, call the local poison control center.
- Its critics claim that some downed animals are passed by inspectors because they are just conscious enough to respond to a kick.
Synonyms
aware, awake, wide awake, compos mentis, alert, responsive, reactive, feeling, sentient
aware of, alive to, awake to, alert to, sensitive to, cognizant of, mindful of, sensible of
1. 1.1 Having knowledge of something; aware.
  we are conscious of the extent of the problem
  Example sentencesExamples
  Home, she says, is definitely London, but she is conscious of her Scottish roots.
  We are conscious of what we do to the extent that we are conscious also of what we do not do - of what we might have done.
  The majority of us can be misunderstood if we are not conscious of the divisions in our society.
  Many of our younger folk may not even know the prayer but at least they are conscious of what it means.
  He has also called on motorists to be more conscious of pedestrians and cyclists.
  It was the comics that made me conscious of a life outside the little parochial society of Ireland.
  I was conscious of being lucky to live in an old house, looking out over the broad river.
  The pupils were aware of the obesity problem and conscious of the need to eat healthy foods.
  I am conscious of the need for caution but have not allowed for the determination of Peru's ladrones.
  Both rider and vet would have been conscious of the risks they were taking so close to a games that was marked by a hunt for drug cheats.
  When I had my first two, I was younger and less conscious of what was required of me as a parent.
  I am also conscious of the important contribution they make to our economy.
  We have never been so aware of the issue of waste, or so conscious of the need to recycle.
  People are very conscious of the need to make roads as safe as possible.
2. 1.2conscious of Painfully aware of; sensitive to.
  he was very conscious of his appearance
  Example sentencesExamples
  So on one level they're very conscious of the fact that their Spanish came from Spain.
  First, being conscious of a pain might mean that one is aware of being in a pain-state.
  From about six onwards young girls are becoming conscious of their looks.
  Her aunts would compliment on her beauty and now she was always conscious of how she dressed.
  Nowadays, however, women are far more conscious of its negative aesthetic effect.
  He was new and I was conscious of trying to show that someone was listening to him.
  That night she climbed into bed just as conscious of Will's absence now as she had been the night after he died.
  I'm conscious of turning crimson all of a sudden and grinning like an idiot.
  I am improving, but very conscious of my bum sticking out in a very ungainly and style-free way.
  They are also conscious of being solitary women in a highly masculine world.
  As a film-maker I would not like to be conscious of what the censors will like or not.
  She's very conscious of trying to wear clothes that make her feel and look good.
3. 1.3 Concerned with or worried about a particular matter.
  they were growing increasingly security-conscious
4. 1.4 (of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional.
  a conscious effort to walk properly
  Example sentencesExamples
  Has choosing such roles been a conscious effort on her part?
  Certain others benefited from deliberate and conscious acts of emancipation.
  The effort was conscious and deliberate with each artist paired with a designer.
  That just happened, it wasn't a conscious effort really, but I think just by the nature of having more characters in it.
  These students are now more aware of what they eat and are making conscious decisions to eat well and get active.
  As more immigrants came to the country, there was a conscious effort to mold children into American citizens.
  The actions of cultural heroes are neither fully intentional nor conscious.
  They are created by conscious and deliberate planning, which may span centuries.
  Just imagine what the world would be like if every one of us made a conscious effort to genuinely love one another?
  Sharing involves both teaching and learning - actions that require a conscious effort.
  So, I'm making a conscious effort to not feel guilty unnecessarily.
  Cricket is a game that I have a lot of time for, ever since I made the conscious effort a few years ago to sit down and make myself familiar with the rules.
  This calls for conscious and deliberate efforts to develop qualities like altruism and selflessness.
  We made a really conscious effort to forget about the critics - nothing good can come from thinking about that, anyway.
  Synonyms
  deliberate, intentional, intended, done on purpose, purposeful, purposive, willed, knowing, considered, studied, strategic
5. 1.5 (of the mind or a thought) directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned.
  Example sentencesExamples
  And hypnosis works was bypassing the conscious mind and communicating directly with the unconscious mind.
  All conscious thought seemed to shut off, disconnect, leaving him only to instincts.
  Any conscious thought process that may be required on the range to shoot well will hardly exist when your meter is pegged.
  The conscious mind then reverses the reverse message and directs us to speak in forward speech.
  Then my subconscious mind taught my conscious mind how to use the tricks it had learnt.
  In this totality the conscious mind is contained like a smaller circle within a larger one.
  Eventually, the activities should become so ingrained they no longer seem like conscious thought.
  In what respects are both conscious thought and perception phenomenal?
  She had let her subconscious wander while her conscious mind paid attention to the landscape around her.
  It is here that the conscious thought and the perceptive experience flow.
  As in life, the provocations to feeling or to action do not occur in step with the conscious thoughts of the characters.
  Even conventional psychology talks about the fact we have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind.
  Then, before he knew exactly what he was doing, he was moving, almost without conscious thought.
  Specialized neural machinery takes care of the heavy lifting while our conscious minds sit lazily at the controls.
  In this state, the subconscious mind becomes more active, allowing the conscious mind to rest and rejuvenate itself.
  The phenomenal character of conscious thought and propositional attitudes will be discussed in the next chapter.
  It is entirely possible that someone has a reasonable opinion, deriving from conscious thought.
  However, I believe nightmares are a gift of our subconscious to our conscious minds.
  Dreams are highly personal communications between the subconscious and the conscious minds.
  The war is between my habitual and conscious thoughts about how to live and a new perspective struggling to be born.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘being aware of wrongdoing’): from Latin conscius ‘knowing with others or in oneself’ (from conscire ‘be privy to’) + -ous.

单词	conscious
释义	Definition of conscious in English: conscious adjective ˈkɒnʃəsˈkɑn(t)ʃəs 1Aware of and responding to one's surroundings. although I was in pain, I was conscious Example sentencesExamples For cooperative, conscious patients it may be possible to collect and then analyze expired air. The patient is conscious at this point and is repeatedly examined by the surgeon or neurologist. Patients with a normal conscious level, no signs of external injury, and a history of a trivial blow to the head can be discharged. During 2002, fully conscious patients with a polio-like flaccid paralysis were also recognised. Patients who are conscious but in a vegetative state may also have their life support stopped. You can also choose to stay conscious during the operation, or be mildly sedated so that you aren't fully aware of what is happening. He was admitted to the ICU conscious and alert, but with a very low blood pressure, and very marginal oxygenation. The Glasgow coma scale is a clinical scoring system for objectively assessing how conscious a patient is. Most had died along the way, but one young lad, his arm and leg completely shattered by shrapnel, was conscious and groaning. The four adult members of the family were conscious but had muscle stiffness with periodic convulsive movements of the limbs and opisthotonos. The person may remain completely or partially aware, and will remain conscious. Its critics claim that some downed animals are passed by inspectors because they are just conscious enough to respond to a kick. So why then are the surgeons so reluctant to operate on conscious patients? Neurological examination 48 hours later showed that he was conscious and able to obey commands but profoundly weak. The first man has spat out his endotracheal tube and is conscious, asking what the score is. Every conscious minute of my entire life the heterosexual mantra is broadcasted. She's barely conscious, but she does react when you talk to her. If the patient is conscious and alert, call the local poison control center. Generally, the patients were conscious when admitted on to the neurosurgical wards. If the casualty is conscious, put them in the recovery position - see below. Synonyms aware, awake, wide awake, compos mentis, alert, responsive, reactive, feeling, sentient aware of, alive to, awake to, alert to, sensitive to, cognizant of, mindful of, sensible of informal wise to, in the know about, hip to archaic ware of rare seized of, recognizant of, regardful of 2Having knowledge of something. we are conscious of the extent of the problem Example sentencesExamples Home, she says, is definitely London, but she is conscious of her Scottish roots. It was the comics that made me conscious of a life outside the little parochial society of Ireland. The pupils were aware of the obesity problem and conscious of the need to eat healthy foods. Many of our younger folk may not even know the prayer but at least they are conscious of what it means. The majority of us can be misunderstood if we are not conscious of the divisions in our society. He has also called on motorists to be more conscious of pedestrians and cyclists. Both rider and vet would have been conscious of the risks they were taking so close to a games that was marked by a hunt for drug cheats. When I had my first two, I was younger and less conscious of what was required of me as a parent. I was conscious of being lucky to live in an old house, looking out over the broad river. We have never been so aware of the issue of waste, or so conscious of the need to recycle. I am also conscious of the important contribution they make to our economy. I am conscious of the need for caution but have not allowed for the determination of Peru's ladrones. We are conscious of what we do to the extent that we are conscious also of what we do not do - of what we might have done. People are very conscious of the need to make roads as safe as possible. 2.1in combination Concerned with or worried about a particular matter. they were growing increasingly security-conscious 3(of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional. a conscious effort to walk properly Example sentencesExamples Sharing involves both teaching and learning - actions that require a conscious effort. That just happened, it wasn't a conscious effort really, but I think just by the nature of having more characters in it. The actions of cultural heroes are neither fully intentional nor conscious. This calls for conscious and deliberate efforts to develop qualities like altruism and selflessness. Certain others benefited from deliberate and conscious acts of emancipation. So, I'm making a conscious effort to not feel guilty unnecessarily. The effort was conscious and deliberate with each artist paired with a designer. Cricket is a game that I have a lot of time for, ever since I made the conscious effort a few years ago to sit down and make myself familiar with the rules. Just imagine what the world would be like if every one of us made a conscious effort to genuinely love one another? We made a really conscious effort to forget about the critics - nothing good can come from thinking about that, anyway. These students are now more aware of what they eat and are making conscious decisions to eat well and get active. Has choosing such roles been a conscious effort on her part? As more immigrants came to the country, there was a conscious effort to mold children into American citizens. They are created by conscious and deliberate planning, which may span centuries. Synonyms deliberate, intentional, intended, done on purpose, purposeful, purposive, willed, knowing, considered, studied, strategic calculated, wilful, premeditated, planned, pre-planned, preconceived, volitional aforethought Law, dated prepense 3.1 (of the mind or a thought) directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned. when you go to sleep it is only the conscious mind which shuts down Example sentencesExamples It is here that the conscious thought and the perceptive experience flow. The phenomenal character of conscious thought and propositional attitudes will be discussed in the next chapter. All conscious thought seemed to shut off, disconnect, leaving him only to instincts. In this totality the conscious mind is contained like a smaller circle within a larger one. The conscious mind then reverses the reverse message and directs us to speak in forward speech. Any conscious thought process that may be required on the range to shoot well will hardly exist when your meter is pegged. The war is between my habitual and conscious thoughts about how to live and a new perspective struggling to be born. And hypnosis works was bypassing the conscious mind and communicating directly with the unconscious mind. In this state, the subconscious mind becomes more active, allowing the conscious mind to rest and rejuvenate itself. Specialized neural machinery takes care of the heavy lifting while our conscious minds sit lazily at the controls. Then my subconscious mind taught my conscious mind how to use the tricks it had learnt. In what respects are both conscious thought and perception phenomenal? Then, before he knew exactly what he was doing, he was moving, almost without conscious thought. Even conventional psychology talks about the fact we have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind. She had let her subconscious wander while her conscious mind paid attention to the landscape around her. It is entirely possible that someone has a reasonable opinion, deriving from conscious thought. Eventually, the activities should become so ingrained they no longer seem like conscious thought. However, I believe nightmares are a gift of our subconscious to our conscious minds. Dreams are highly personal communications between the subconscious and the conscious minds. As in life, the provocations to feeling or to action do not occur in step with the conscious thoughts of the characters. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'being aware of wrongdoing'): from Latin conscius 'knowing with others or in oneself' (from conscire 'be privy to') + -ous. Rhymes subconscious, unselfconscious Definition of conscious in US English: conscious adjectiveˈkɑn(t)ʃəsˈkän(t)SHəs 1Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake. Example sentencesExamples The patient is conscious at this point and is repeatedly examined by the surgeon or neurologist. The Glasgow coma scale is a clinical scoring system for objectively assessing how conscious a patient is. So why then are the surgeons so reluctant to operate on conscious patients? Neurological examination 48 hours later showed that he was conscious and able to obey commands but profoundly weak. During 2002, fully conscious patients with a polio-like flaccid paralysis were also recognised. She's barely conscious, but she does react when you talk to her. Generally, the patients were conscious when admitted on to the neurosurgical wards. Patients who are conscious but in a vegetative state may also have their life support stopped. Most had died along the way, but one young lad, his arm and leg completely shattered by shrapnel, was conscious and groaning. The first man has spat out his endotracheal tube and is conscious, asking what the score is. Every conscious minute of my entire life the heterosexual mantra is broadcasted. Patients with a normal conscious level, no signs of external injury, and a history of a trivial blow to the head can be discharged. If the casualty is conscious, put them in the recovery position - see below. You can also choose to stay conscious during the operation, or be mildly sedated so that you aren't fully aware of what is happening. The person may remain completely or partially aware, and will remain conscious. For cooperative, conscious patients it may be possible to collect and then analyze expired air. The four adult members of the family were conscious but had muscle stiffness with periodic convulsive movements of the limbs and opisthotonos. He was admitted to the ICU conscious and alert, but with a very low blood pressure, and very marginal oxygenation. If the patient is conscious and alert, call the local poison control center. Its critics claim that some downed animals are passed by inspectors because they are just conscious enough to respond to a kick. Synonyms aware, awake, wide awake, compos mentis, alert, responsive, reactive, feeling, sentient aware of, alive to, awake to, alert to, sensitive to, cognizant of, mindful of, sensible of 1.1 Having knowledge of something; aware. we are conscious of the extent of the problem Example sentencesExamples Home, she says, is definitely London, but she is conscious of her Scottish roots. We are conscious of what we do to the extent that we are conscious also of what we do not do - of what we might have done. The majority of us can be misunderstood if we are not conscious of the divisions in our society. Many of our younger folk may not even know the prayer but at least they are conscious of what it means. He has also called on motorists to be more conscious of pedestrians and cyclists. It was the comics that made me conscious of a life outside the little parochial society of Ireland. I was conscious of being lucky to live in an old house, looking out over the broad river. The pupils were aware of the obesity problem and conscious of the need to eat healthy foods. I am conscious of the need for caution but have not allowed for the determination of Peru's ladrones. Both rider and vet would have been conscious of the risks they were taking so close to a games that was marked by a hunt for drug cheats. When I had my first two, I was younger and less conscious of what was required of me as a parent. I am also conscious of the important contribution they make to our economy. We have never been so aware of the issue of waste, or so conscious of the need to recycle. People are very conscious of the need to make roads as safe as possible. 1.2conscious of Painfully aware of; sensitive to. he was very conscious of his appearance Example sentencesExamples So on one level they're very conscious of the fact that their Spanish came from Spain. First, being conscious of a pain might mean that one is aware of being in a pain-state. From about six onwards young girls are becoming conscious of their looks. Her aunts would compliment on her beauty and now she was always conscious of how she dressed. Nowadays, however, women are far more conscious of its negative aesthetic effect. He was new and I was conscious of trying to show that someone was listening to him. That night she climbed into bed just as conscious of Will's absence now as she had been the night after he died. I'm conscious of turning crimson all of a sudden and grinning like an idiot. I am improving, but very conscious of my bum sticking out in a very ungainly and style-free way. They are also conscious of being solitary women in a highly masculine world. As a film-maker I would not like to be conscious of what the censors will like or not. She's very conscious of trying to wear clothes that make her feel and look good. 1.3 Concerned with or worried about a particular matter. they were growing increasingly security-conscious 1.4 (of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional. a conscious effort to walk properly Example sentencesExamples Has choosing such roles been a conscious effort on her part? Certain others benefited from deliberate and conscious acts of emancipation. The effort was conscious and deliberate with each artist paired with a designer. That just happened, it wasn't a conscious effort really, but I think just by the nature of having more characters in it. These students are now more aware of what they eat and are making conscious decisions to eat well and get active. As more immigrants came to the country, there was a conscious effort to mold children into American citizens. The actions of cultural heroes are neither fully intentional nor conscious. They are created by conscious and deliberate planning, which may span centuries. Just imagine what the world would be like if every one of us made a conscious effort to genuinely love one another? Sharing involves both teaching and learning - actions that require a conscious effort. So, I'm making a conscious effort to not feel guilty unnecessarily. Cricket is a game that I have a lot of time for, ever since I made the conscious effort a few years ago to sit down and make myself familiar with the rules. This calls for conscious and deliberate efforts to develop qualities like altruism and selflessness. We made a really conscious effort to forget about the critics - nothing good can come from thinking about that, anyway. Synonyms deliberate, intentional, intended, done on purpose, purposeful, purposive, willed, knowing, considered, studied, strategic 1.5 (of the mind or a thought) directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned. Example sentencesExamples And hypnosis works was bypassing the conscious mind and communicating directly with the unconscious mind. All conscious thought seemed to shut off, disconnect, leaving him only to instincts. Any conscious thought process that may be required on the range to shoot well will hardly exist when your meter is pegged. The conscious mind then reverses the reverse message and directs us to speak in forward speech. Then my subconscious mind taught my conscious mind how to use the tricks it had learnt. In this totality the conscious mind is contained like a smaller circle within a larger one. Eventually, the activities should become so ingrained they no longer seem like conscious thought. In what respects are both conscious thought and perception phenomenal? She had let her subconscious wander while her conscious mind paid attention to the landscape around her. It is here that the conscious thought and the perceptive experience flow. As in life, the provocations to feeling or to action do not occur in step with the conscious thoughts of the characters. Even conventional psychology talks about the fact we have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind. Then, before he knew exactly what he was doing, he was moving, almost without conscious thought. Specialized neural machinery takes care of the heavy lifting while our conscious minds sit lazily at the controls. In this state, the subconscious mind becomes more active, allowing the conscious mind to rest and rejuvenate itself. The phenomenal character of conscious thought and propositional attitudes will be discussed in the next chapter. It is entirely possible that someone has a reasonable opinion, deriving from conscious thought. However, I believe nightmares are a gift of our subconscious to our conscious minds. Dreams are highly personal communications between the subconscious and the conscious minds. The war is between my habitual and conscious thoughts about how to live and a new perspective struggling to be born. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘being aware of wrongdoing’): from Latin conscius ‘knowing with others or in oneself’ (from conscire ‘be privy to’) + -ous.
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