January 19th - Word of the Day - Conscious
con·scious
[kon-shuh’s]
adjective
1. aware of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
2.
fully aware of or sensitive to something (often followed by
of ):
conscious of one’s own faults; He wasn’t conscious of the gossip about his past.
3.
having the mental faculties fully active:
He was conscious during the operation.
4.
known to oneself; felt:
conscious guilt.
5.
aware of what one is doing:
a conscious liar.
6.
aware of oneself; self-conscious.
7.
deliberate; intentional:
a conscious insult; a conscious effort.
8.
acutely aware of or concerned about:
money-conscious; a diet-conscious society.
9.
Obsolete . inwardly sensible of wrongdoing.
noun
10. the conscious, Psychoanalysis . the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.