con·scious·ness

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• con|scious|ness-ex|pand|ing — «KON shuhs nihs ehk SPAN dihng», adjective. producing a mental state of extremely intensified awareness or perception; psychedelic: »consciousness expanding drugs …   Useful english dictionary

• con|scious|ness-rais|ing — «KON shuhs nihs RAY zihng», noun. a method of making people more aware of their potentials, especially their ability to bring about changes or reforms: »The S.D.S. saw students as in need of education. “Consciousness raising,” they called it (New …   Useful english dictionary

• self´-con´scious|ness — self con|scious «SEHLF KON shuhs», adjective. 1. embarrassed, especially by the presence or the thought of other people and their attitude toward one; made conscious of how one is appearing to others; shy: »self conscious of a world looking on… …   Useful english dictionary

• sem´i|con´scious|ness — sem|i|con|scious «SEHM ee KON shuhs», adjective. partly conscious; not fully conscious. –sem´i|con´scious|ly, adverb. –sem´i|con´scious|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• un´self-con´scious|ness — un|self con|scious «UHN sehlf KON shuhs», adjective. not self conscious; uninhibited; natural; spontaneous: »Children and animals make the best movie actors…because they are unself conscious and unable to fake (Harper s). –un´self con´scious|ly,… …   Useful english dictionary

• class-con|scious|ness — «KLAS KON shuhs nihs, KLAHS », noun. the quality or state of being class conscious: »There is also a subjective orientation to class, or a class consciousness which leads socially inferior groups to show deference to socially superior groups… …   Useful english dictionary

• co|con|scious|ness — «koh KON shuhs nihs», noun. Psychology. mental phenomena dissociated from, but functioning simultaneously with and aware of, the dominant stream of consciousness; secondary or accompanying consciousness in a divided personality …   Useful english dictionary

• pre|con|scious|ness — «pree KON shuhs nihs», noun. = preconscious. (Cf. ↑preconscious) …   Useful english dictionary

• stream-of-con|scious|ness — stream of consciousness, the freely flowing thoughts and associations of any one of the characters in a story. stream of con|scious|ness «STREEM uhv KON shuhs nihs», adjective. of or having to do with a method of storytelling in which the author… …   Useful english dictionary

• sub|con|scious|ness — «suhb KON shuhs nihs», noun. 1. the quality of being subconscious. 2. = subconscious. (Cf. ↑subconscious) …   Useful english dictionary

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