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Synonyms & Antonyms for conscious
Synonyms: Adjective
alive, apprehensive, aware, cognizant, mindful, sensible, sentient, ware, witting
Antonyms: Adjective
insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unwitting
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Examples of conscious in a Sentence
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The chances of being admitted conscious to a hospital without being pressed to produce a living will, have become virtually nil … — Joan Didion, New York Review of Books, 9 June 2005 "Was she good-looking?" "Actually, my conscious mind no longer remembers anything about her physical appearance. She went the way of my seventh-grade French." — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan's Week, 1994 Incidentally, neither my mother nor I was conscious of any rudeness. — Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being, 1979 Bilbo bowed. He had no hat to take off, and was painfully conscious of his many missing buttons. — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1937 Is the patient conscious yet? He was fully conscious when we found him. the capacity for conscious thoughtNoun
For myself, ever since 1922, when I saw my first picture, films have been barreling through my conscious to my unconscious, but insofar as they remain in my conscious, they get themselves arranged in hierarchies of value and, more important, affection. — Stanley Kauffmann, Before My Eyes, (1974) 1980Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Concerns about environmental sustainability in fashion have also driven socially-conscious shoppers to rent, instead of own, clothes. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, "First on CNN Business: Banana Republic joins the clothing rental craze," 16 Aug. 2019 This newer, socially conscious version of Playboy has meant some changes to the vernacular that has long defined it. — Jessica Bennett, New York Times, "Will the Millennials Save Playboy?," 2 Aug. 2019 The case of Star illustrates that there is a good social function to the act of canceling—just like their traditionally is for socially conscious boycotting. — Alain Sylvain, Quartz at Work, "What happens when social media’s “cancel culture” misses the point?," 1 Aug. 2019 But L Brands has also failed to appeal to a young and more socially conscious demographic. — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, "Victoria's Secret parent company's stock down as Jeffrey Epstein ties emerge," 11 July 2019 Last year, YouTube paid forty-seven ambassadors to produce socially conscious videos and attend workshops. — Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, "The Fight for the Future of YouTube," 8 July 2019 Golden Oaks also depends on the complicity of the slightly better off poor, the cold ambition of the white collar class, and the good intentions of the socially conscious affluent. — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, "Joanne Ramos' 'The Farm' Forces Us to Take a Complicated Look at Our Society," 1 July 2019 This past January, guests on Uniworld’s smart, boutique Ganges Voyager II sailed a new itinerary along India’s famous river in partnership with progressive Me to We, the socially conscious lifestyle brand. — Corina Quinn, Condé Nast Traveler, "Wellness Cruises Are Taking Over the Waters," 27 June 2019 Meantime, socially conscious companies saw a marketing ploy. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Don’t Forget the ‘Net Neutrality’ Panic," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'conscious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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