awareness

English

Etymology

From aware +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛɚ.nəs/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛə.nəs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈweː.nəs/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /əˈweə.nəs/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /əˈwiə.nəs/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /əˈweɹ.nəs/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /əˈwɜː(ɹ).nəs/
• Hyphenation: aware‧ness
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs

Noun

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awareness

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awareness (usually uncountable, plural awarenesses)

1. The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.

   I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.

2. The state or quality of being aware of something.

   raise awareness of a topic

   The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 8:

     Like a mind moving on a Möbius strip of events, one's consciousness goes over the same territory again and again without ever becoming aware of the nature of awareness.

Synonyms

• (state of consciousness): consciousness, wakefulness
• (state of being aware of something): knowledge, consciousness

Derived terms

• aided awareness
• awareness band
• awareness bracelet
• awareness ribbon
• brand awareness
• choiceless awareness
• coawareness
• cyberawareness
• ecoawareness
• large-group awareness training
• large group awareness training
• locale-awareness
• meta-awareness
• nonawareness
• self-awareness
• terrain awareness and warning system
• top of mind awareness
• top-of-mind awareness
• unaided awareness
• well-awareness

Translations

the state of consciousness

Arabic: وعي (ar) Bulgarian: съзнание (bg) n (sǎznanie) Catalan: consciència (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 意識 / 意识 (zh) (yìshí), 覺悟 / 觉悟 (zh) (juéwù) Czech: vědomí (cs) n Dutch: besef (nl), bewustzijn (nl) Finnish: tietoisuus (fi), taju (fi), tolkku (fi), tajunta (fi) French: conscience (fr) f German: Bewusstsein (de) n, Achtsamkeit (de) f, Wahrnehmung (de) f, Aufmerksamkeit (de) f, Sensitivität (de) f, Gefühl (de) n Greek: συνείδηση (el) f (syneídisi) Hindi: जागरूकता (hi) f (jāgrūktā) Hungarian: éberség (hu), tudat (hu), érzékelés (hu), észlelés (hu) Indonesian: kesadaran (id) Italian: coscienza (it) f Japanese: 意識 (ja) (いしき, ishiki) Kazakh: сана (sana) Latvian: apziņa f, samaņa f Persian: هشیاری (fa) (hošyâri) Plautdietsch: Bewustheit f Polish: świadomość (pl) f Portuguese: consciência (pt) f Romanian: conștiință (ro) f Russian: созна́ние (ru) n (soznánije), осозна́ние (ru) n (osoznánije) Spanish: conciencia (es) f, consciencia (es) f Swedish: medvetande (sv) n, medvetenhet (sv) c, iakttagelseförmåga (sv) c, aktsamhet (sv) c, insikt (sv) c Tagalog: ino, kainuhan Thai: ความตระหนัก (th) Tocharian B: īme Turkish: bilinç (tr), bilinçlenme (tr), farkındalık (tr), uyanıklık (tr), şuur (tr), şuurlanma (tr) Ukrainian: свідо́мість (uk) f (svidómistʹ), усвідо́млення n (usvidómlennja)

the state or quality of being aware of something

Bulgarian: осведоменост (bg) f (osvedomenost) Chinese: Mandarin: 認識 / 认识 (zh) (rènshi) Czech: uvědomění n Dutch: bewustzijn (nl), zich bewust zijn van Esperanto: konscio Finnish: tietoisuus (fi) French: connaissance (fr) f German: Bekanntheit (de) f, Gewahrsein n, Gewahrwerden n, Erkenntnis (de) f, Kenntnis (de) f, Aufklärung (de) f, Bewusstheit f, Erfassung (de) f, Verständnis (de) n Greek: επίγνωση (el) f (epígnosi), γνώση (el) f (gnósi) Hungarian: tudatosság (hu) Indonesian: keengahan, keinsafan (id) Italian: consapevolezza (it) f, avviso (it) m, conoscenza (it) f, presa di coscienza f Japanese: 認識 (ja) (にんしき, ninshiki) Latvian: apziņa f, samaņa, izpratne f Norwegian: oppmerksomhet (no) Persian: آگاهی (fa) (âgâhi) Plautdietsch: Bewustheit f Polish: świadomość (pl) f Portuguese: percepção (pt) f Russian: осведомлённость (ru) f (osvedomljónnostʹ), информи́рованность (ru) f (informírovannostʹ) Spanish: conciencia (es) f, conocimiento (es) m, conocencia (es) f Swahili: uamsho Swedish: medvetenhet (sv) c Tagalog: kainuhan Ukrainian: обі́знаність (uk) f (obíznanistʹ) Vietnamese: nhận thức (vi) (認識)