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noun
The state of lacking consciousness, of being unconscious
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
ignorance or innocence; the state of being uninformed or unaware
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: consciousness
Broader terms: cognitive state, state of mind
Narrower terms: automatic pilot, autopilot, unknowingness, unawareness, blackout, grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness, coma, comatoseness, electrosleep, semicoma, insensibility, trance, semitrance, narcosis
History
From unconscious + -ness or un- + consciousness.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
