| NOUN | cognition | consciousness | an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation |
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| cognition | consciousness, awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness | having knowledge of |
| Sounds | kaa'nshahsnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation. | |
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| Example | "he lost consciousness" | |
| Narrower | awareness, sentience | state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness |
| self, ego | Your consciousness of your own identity | |
| sensibility, esthesia, aesthesia | mental responsiveness and awareness | |
| stream of consciousness | The continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience | |
| waking | The state of remaining awake | |
| Broader | cognitive state, state of mind | The state of a person's cognitive processes |
| Opposite | unconsciousness | A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment |
| Spanish | conciencia, conocimiento, consciencia, consciente, sentido | |
| Catalan | coneixement, consciència | |
| Adjectives | conscious | knowing / knowing and perceiving |
| conscious | intentionally conceived | |
| Meaning | Having knowledge of. | |
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| Example | "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced" | |
| Synonyms | awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness | |
| Attributes | aware, cognizant, cognisant | (sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception |
| unaware, incognizant | (often followed by 'of') not aware / aware | |
| Narrower | feel | An intuitive awareness |
| self-awareness | awareness of your own individuality | |
| sense | A general conscious awareness | |
| Broader | knowing | A clear and certain mental apprehension |
| Opposite | incognizance | A lack of knowledge or recognition |
| Spanish | conciencia, conocimiento | |
| Catalan | coneixement, consciència | |
| Adjectives | conscious | (followed by 'of') showing realization or recognition of something |
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