Mental Process
consciousness Audio
con·scious·ness [ kon-shuh s-nis ]
Subclass of:
Psychophysiology; Cognition
Definitions related to conscious:
  • (consciousness) Awareness of and responsiveness to stimuli and the surroundings.
    The Omaha System
    Omaha Systems, 2005
  • (consciousness) Sense of awareness of self and of the environment.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (consciousness) State of awareness, with response to external stimuli.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • (consciousness) State of being aware, or perceiving physical facts or mental concepts; a state of general wakefulness and responsiveness to environment; a functioning sensorium.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (consciousness) The state of being alert, oriented, and responsive to the environment.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (conscious state) A level of awareness that can be described as being alert.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Consciousness has two parts: whether a person is awake and alert (wakefulness), what people are conscious of (content).
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
  • Consciousness, a psychological condition defined by the English philosopher John Locke as "the perception of what passes in a man's own mind." In the early 19th century the concept was variously considered. Some philosophers regarded it as a kind of substance, or "mental stuff," quite different...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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