awareness

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Etymology

From aware +‎ -ness.

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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.
    The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea
    raise awareness of a topic
    • 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.

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