[con.scious] adj [L conscius, fr. com- + scire to know] (1592) 1: perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation
2. archaic: sharing another's knowledge or awareness of an inward state or outward fact
3: personally felt "~ guilt"
4: capable of or marked by thought, will, design, or perception
5: self-conscious
6: having mental faculties undulled by sleep, faintness, or stupor: awake "became ~ after the anesthesia wore off" 7: done or acting with critical awareness "a ~ effort to do better"
8. a: likely to notice, consider, or appraise "a bargain-conscious shopper" b: being concerned or interested "a budget-conscious businessman" c: marked by strong feelings or notions "a race-conscious society" syn see aware -- con.scious.ly adv
[2]conscious n (1919): consciousness
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