Consciousness

Portuguese Meaning

consciência

consciência psicológica

perceção

percepção

sentimento

conhecimento

English Meaning

  1. The state or condition of being conscious.
  2. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group: Love of freedom runs deep in the national consciousness.
  3. Special awareness or sensitivity: class consciousness; race consciousness.
  4. Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation: a movement aimed at raising the general public's consciousness of social injustice.
  5. In psychoanalysis, the conscious.