Conscious
adjective
Aware of and able to think or perceive something.
He was conscious of the strange smell in the room
Often appears as...
- conscious of
- conscious choice
adjective
Intentional or deliberate.
He made a conscious decision to leave early
Often appears as...
- conscious decision
- conscious act
adjective
Concerned about and well informed on a particular subject.
She's very conscious about the environment
Often appears as...
- conscious about
- socially conscious
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Approving
adjective
Aware of and able to think or perceive something.
He was conscious of the strange smell in the room
Often appears as...
- conscious of
- conscious choice
adjective
Intentional or deliberate.
He made a conscious decision to leave early
Often appears as...
- conscious decision
- conscious act
adjective
Concerned about and well informed on a particular subject.
She's very conscious about the environment
Often appears as...
- conscious about
- socially conscious
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Notice
Used when someone senses something directly, through any of the five senses.
I was suddenly conscious of every sound in the forest.
Pro Tip 2/3Shared Awareness
Often used to describe a feeling or understanding that is mutual among a group of people.
The team was conscious of the importance of working together.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Discomfort
Refers to a mild, yet noticeable feeling that something is not quite right.
She was conscious of the tension in the room.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Notice
Used when someone senses something directly, through any of the five senses.
I was suddenly conscious of every sound in the forest.
Pro Tip 2/3Shared Awareness
Often used to describe a feeling or understanding that is mutual among a group of people.
The team was conscious of the importance of working together.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Discomfort
Refers to a mild, yet noticeable feeling that something is not quite right.
She was conscious of the tension in the room.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Notice
Used when someone senses something directly, through any of the five senses.
I was suddenly conscious of every sound in the forest.
Pro Tip 2/3Shared Awareness
Often used to describe a feeling or understanding that is mutual among a group of people.
The team was conscious of the importance of working together.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Discomfort
Refers to a mild, yet noticeable feeling that something is not quite right.
She was conscious of the tension in the room.
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National Geographic...
is that most of us are conscious most of the time. In order to understand anything about the brain and ultimately about psychology, we have to understand neurons. We know a lot about nerve cells in post-mortem, in dead brains and of course in animals. But there's a rare occasion when you can actually listen in to the way neurons talk to each other,
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What Happens To The...
that's been trodden in deep down in within the mud gets all brought back up again what we tend to do is this really muddy is sort of power Harrow the mud Dane take all the rubbish out of it and just grass seed it down we want to incentivize people to leave less waste to pack consciously we're getting better
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Why elephants never...
When we consider all this evidence, along with the fact that elephants are one of the few species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elephants does not reflect this,
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What does my headscarf...
Unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination. I'm not saying that in all of you, there's a secret sexist or racist or ageist lurking within, waiting to get out. That's not what I'm saying. We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us.
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Are you a body with a...
Neuroscience suggests that our bodies, along with their physical senses, are deeply integrated with the activity in our brains to form what we call consciousness. From the day we're born, our mental development is formed through our body's interaction with the external world.
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Is math discovered or...
Others argue that while numbers may or may not exist physically, mathematical statements definitely don't. Their truth values are based on rules that humans created. Mathematics is thus an invented logic exercise, with no existence outside mankind's conscious thought,
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Questions No One Knows...
Is there really a plan for my life? Is the future yet to be written, or is it already written and we just can't see it? But then, do I have free will? I mean, who am I anyway? Am I just a biological machine? But then, why am I conscious? What is consciousness?
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Why the octopus brain is...
have inspired new research in developing flexible robots made of soft materials. And studying how intelligence can arise along such a divergent evolutionary path can help us understand more about intelligence and consciousness in general.
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The psychological weight...
have anything i wanted as long as i ate it with a knife and a fork trust me it feels ridiculous to eat a snickers bar like this but it helped me be more conscious of what i was eating i learned to be in perpetual motion all day every day
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Why should you read...
Woolf experiments with collective consciousness, at times collapsing the six voices into one. "It is not one life that I look back I am not one I am many I do not altogether know who I am,
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National Geographic...
is that most of us are conscious most of the time. In order to understand anything about the brain and ultimately about psychology, we have to understand neurons. We know a lot about nerve cells in post-mortem, in dead brains and of course in animals. But there's a rare occasion when you can actually listen in to the way neurons talk to each other,
Video examples
What Happens To The...
that's been trodden in deep down in within the mud gets all brought back up again what we tend to do is this really muddy is sort of power Harrow the mud Dane take all the rubbish out of it and just grass seed it down we want to incentivize people to leave less waste to pack consciously we're getting better
Video examples
Why elephants never...
When we consider all this evidence, along with the fact that elephants are one of the few species who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elephants does not reflect this,
Video examples
What does my headscarf...
Unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination. I'm not saying that in all of you, there's a secret sexist or racist or ageist lurking within, waiting to get out. That's not what I'm saying. We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us.
Video examples
Are you a body with a...
Neuroscience suggests that our bodies, along with their physical senses, are deeply integrated with the activity in our brains to form what we call consciousness. From the day we're born, our mental development is formed through our body's interaction with the external world.
Video examples
Is math discovered or...
Others argue that while numbers may or may not exist physically, mathematical statements definitely don't. Their truth values are based on rules that humans created. Mathematics is thus an invented logic exercise, with no existence outside mankind's conscious thought,
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
Is there really a plan for my life? Is the future yet to be written, or is it already written and we just can't see it? But then, do I have free will? I mean, who am I anyway? Am I just a biological machine? But then, why am I conscious? What is consciousness?
Video examples
Why the octopus brain is...
have inspired new research in developing flexible robots made of soft materials. And studying how intelligence can arise along such a divergent evolutionary path can help us understand more about intelligence and consciousness in general.
Video examples
The psychological weight...
have anything i wanted as long as i ate it with a knife and a fork trust me it feels ridiculous to eat a snickers bar like this but it helped me be more conscious of what i was eating i learned to be in perpetual motion all day every day
Video examples
Why should you read...
Woolf experiments with collective consciousness, at times collapsing the six voices into one. "It is not one life that I look back I am not one I am many I do not altogether know who I am,
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I did used to have nightmares about the idea that when I die, there is a spark of consciousness which basically creates the world. 'Is the world going to disappear if this spark of consciousness disappears? And how do I know it won't? How do I know there's anything there except what I'm conscious of?
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Betty White
American Actress
I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don't think you can do both: try to have a baby career and raise it and have a baby baby and raise it. And to try to do justice to either one. It was a very conscious decision on my part not to have children - which I have never regretted.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.
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Shakira
Musician
My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Being more aware creates responsibility. What does responsibility mean? It means the ability to respond. The more conscious you are in your ability to respond, the more creative you'll be.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
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Jon Hopkins
English Musician
I'm never really conscious of what I'm being influenced by when I'm writing.
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Emmet Fox
American Author
Life is a state of consciousness.
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John Denver
American Musician
Peace is a conscious choice.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I did used to have nightmares about the idea that when I die, there is a spark of consciousness which basically creates the world. 'Is the world going to disappear if this spark of consciousness disappears? And how do I know it won't? How do I know there's anything there except what I'm conscious of?
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Betty White
American Actress
I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don't think you can do both: try to have a baby career and raise it and have a baby baby and raise it. And to try to do justice to either one. It was a very conscious decision on my part not to have children - which I have never regretted.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.
Quote examples
Shakira
Musician
My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
Quote examples
Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Being more aware creates responsibility. What does responsibility mean? It means the ability to respond. The more conscious you are in your ability to respond, the more creative you'll be.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
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Jon Hopkins
English Musician
I'm never really conscious of what I'm being influenced by when I'm writing.
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Emmet Fox
American Author
Life is a state of consciousness.
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John Denver
American Musician
Peace is a conscious choice.
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