consciousness
noun
the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
consciousnesses
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pluralof consciousness.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Plus, you have all of the 23 other consciousnesses that were on the severed floor that Dichen so beautifully lived out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
In this inventively loopy sci-fi thriller, employees at that shadowy firm undergo a brain procedure that splits their work and home selves into two separate consciousnesses.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
According to her, the woman portrayed as a trickster "sums up our modern fragmented, hyphenated identities and multiple consciousnesses".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2022
In the other central conceit of “Pure Colour,” Mira and her father are paired as dual consciousnesses in a leaf, which functions as an extended metaphor for the interconnected entrapment of grief.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
Mrs. Nesbit gazed blankly at the two and in the silence the little mantel clock ticked into their consciousnesses.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
