noun
1 being able to see/hear/feel things
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪ higher
▪
to aspire to a higher ~
▪ cosmic , divine
▪
powerful states of cosmic ~
▪
the practices that are used by yogis to reach divine ~
▪ altered
▪ individual
▪ animal , human
▪
the modern study of animal ~
VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS
▪ lose
▪
She hit her head on a rock and lost ~.
▪ recover , regain
▪
When she regained ~ she was in a hospital bed.
▪ bring sb back to
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The cold water brought me back to full ~.
▪ enter
▪
The words slowly entered her ~.
▪ alter
▪
In some cultures shamans use drugs to alter ~.
PHRASES
▪ a level of ~ , a state of ~
▪
an altered state of ~
2 being aware of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪
I left the room with full ~ of the impression I would make.
▪ growing
▪ collective , popular , public
▪
Hip-hop exploded into popular ~ at the same time as the music video.
▪ national
▪ modern
▪ historical
▪
These memories became an important component of Polish historical ~.
▪ class , cultural , environmental , feminist , gay , political , religious , social , working-class
▪
a new political ~ among young people
▪
a book that has changed cultural ~ in the US
▪ black , ethnic ( esp. AmE ), racial
▪
African American racial ~
▪
a sense of ethnic ~ among Lithuanian Americans
▪ civic
▪
a decline in civic ~ and a growing indifference to public affairs
▪ critical
▪
Our role as educators is to develop a critical ~ among our students.
▪ false ( technical )
▪
He claims that it's a form of false ~ for working people to vote.
VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS
▪ develop , raise
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They have succeeded in raising ~ on many issues.
▪ enter
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imagery that has entered the national ~ through the media
▪ alter
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a change that altered our collective ~ forever
▪ be lodged in , lodge itself in
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The idea firmly lodged itself in the public ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in (the) ~
▪
a key position in feminist ~
▪ ~ about ( esp. AmE )
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a new ~ about the health consequences of pesticides
▪ ~ among
▪ ~ of
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a growing ~ of environmental issues among children