conscious
adjective
aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
half-consciousness
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a word derived from
conscious.
Example Sentences
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He swings in and out of half-consciousness, both too tired to open his eyes and too tense to let go.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The gathering, led mostly by women of color, was half-protest, half-consciousness raising, featuring sexual assault survivors sharing their outrage at Trump’s recent comments about women and several musical performances.
From Time ● Oct. 18, 2016
Story-wise, the game still feels more or less the same: clomp through hordes of enemies while Peter Dinklage delivers generic sci-fi from a state of half-consciousness.
From Forbes ● Sep. 10, 2014
This blabber-proof telecast looms as far too rare an occasion to waste only in joy over a trial separation from the stream of half-consciousness that usually accompanies athletic endeavors on the tube.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moments of half-consciousness, or consciousness jumbled with strange imaginings, followed.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives
