- consciousness
- noun1 being able to see/hear/feel thingsADJECTIVE▪ full▪ higher▪
to aspire to a higher consciousness
▪ cosmic, divine▪powerful states of cosmic consciousness
▪the practices that are used by yogis to reach divine consciousness
▪ altered▪ individual▪ animal, human▪the modern study of animal consciousness
VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS▪ lose▪She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness.
▪ recover, regain▪When she regained consciousness she was in a hospital bed.
▪ bring sb back to▪The cold water brought me back to full consciousness.
▪ enter▪The words slowly entered her consciousness.
▪ alter▪In some cultures shamans use drugs to alter consciousness.
PHRASES▪ a level of consciousness, a state of consciousness▪an altered state of consciousness
2 being aware of sthADJECTIVE▪ full▪I left the room with full consciousness of the impression I would make.
▪ growing▪ collective, popular, public▪Hip-hop exploded into popular consciousness at the same time as the music video.
▪ national▪ modern▪ historical▪These memories became an important component of Polish historical consciousness.
▪ class, cultural, environmental, feminist, gay, political, religious, social, working-class▪a new political consciousness among young people
▪a book that has changed cultural consciousness in the US
▪ black, ethnic (esp. AmE), racial▪African American racial consciousness
▪a sense of ethnic consciousness among Lithuanian Americans
▪ civic▪a decline in civic consciousness and a growing indifference to public affairs
▪ critical▪Our role as educators is to develop a critical consciousness among our students.
▪ false (technical)▪He claims that it's a form of false consciousness for working people to vote.
VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS▪ develop, raise▪They have succeeded in raising consciousness on many issues.
▪ enter▪imagery that has entered the national consciousness through the media
▪ alter▪a change that altered our collective consciousness forever
▪ be lodged in, lodge itself in▪The idea firmly lodged itself in the public consciousness.
PREPOSITION▪ in (the) consciousness▪a key position in feminist consciousness
▪ consciousness about (esp. AmE)▪a new consciousness about the health consequences of pesticides
▪ consciousness among▪ consciousness of▪a growing consciousness of environmental issues among children
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
