Mental Process
awareness
a·ware·ness [ uh-wair-nis ]
Subclass of:
Cognition
Definitions related to awareness:
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Being conscious of something; the state of perceiving and taking account of some event, occasion, experience, or object.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Knowing that something exists, or having knowledge or experience of a particular thing; having special interest in or experience of something and so being well informed of what is happening in that subject at the present time.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The act of "taking account" of an object or state of affairs. It does not imply assessment of, nor attention to the qualities or nature of the object.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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