AWARENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does awareness mean? 

• AWARENESS (noun)
  The noun AWARENESS has 2 senses:

1. having knowledge of

2. state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

  Familiarity information: AWARENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AWARENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having knowledge of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

awareness; cognisance; cognizance; consciousness; knowingness

Context example:

their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive

Hypernyms ("awareness" is a kind of...):

knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)

Attribute:

aware; cognisant; cognizant ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)

incognizant; unaware ((often followed by 'of') not aware)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "awareness"):

self-awareness (awareness of your own individuality)

feel (an intuitive awareness)

sense (a general conscious awareness)

Derivation:

aware ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)

aware (bearing in mind; attentive to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

awareness; sentience

Context example:

the crash intruded on his awareness

Hypernyms ("awareness" is a kind of...):

consciousness (an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation)

Derivation:

aware (bearing in mind; attentive to)

 Context examples 

Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.

(Health Education, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A temporary loss of feeling and a complete loss of awareness that feels like a very deep sleep.

(General anesthesia, NCI Dictionary)

Besides falling in and out of consciousness, there may be problems with: • Attention and awareness • Thinking and memory • Emotion • Muscle control • Sleeping and waking

(Delirium, NIH)

You may be taking a leading role in the community, whether to share information or expertise or to foster empathic awareness of a humanitarian or charity effort.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The role of the hypothalamus in awareness of pleasure and pain is well established in the laboratory.

(Hypothalamus, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to cause a loss of feeling and awareness and to induce sleep in patients having surgery.

(Ketalar, NCI Dictionary)

A person's awareness of self with regard to time, place, and personal relationships.

(Orientation, NCI Thesaurus)

Loss of higher cortical functions with retained awareness due to multiple cortical or subcortical CEREBRAL INFARCTION.

(Multi-Infarct Dementia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A type of meditation based on the concept of being “mindful,” or having increased awareness, of the present.

(Mindfulness relaxation, NCI Dictionary)

The level of awareness of an organism.

(Level of Consciousness, NCI Thesaurus)