consciousness

1. An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation (synset 105682974)
   "he lost consciousness"
   is a type of: cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes
   subtypes:

   • stream of consciousness - the continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience
   • ego, self - your consciousness of your own identity
   • awareness, sentience - state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
   • aesthesia, esthesia, sensibility - mental responsiveness and awareness
   • waking - the state of remaining awake
2. Having knowledge of (synset 105683749)
   "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
   tells us about:

   • aware, cognisant, cognizant - (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
   • incognizant, unaware - (often followed by `of') not aware
   is a type of: knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension
   subtypes:

   • self-awareness - awareness of your own individuality
   • feel - an intuitive awareness
   • sense - a general conscious awareness
   same as: awareness, cognisance, cognizance, knowingness

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