English
Etymology
From aware + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
awareness (usually uncountable, plural awarenesses)
- The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.
- 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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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)
- Hungarian: éberség (hu), tudat (hu), érzékelés (hu), észlelés (hu)
- 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
- Swedish: medvetande (sv) n, medvetenhet (sv) c, iakttagelseförmåga c, aktsamhet (sv) c, insikt (sv) c
- Tagalog: ino, kainuhan
- Tocharian B: īme
- Turkish: bilinç (tr), bilinçlenme (tr), farkındalık (tr), uyanıklık (tr), şuur (tr), şuurlanma (tr)
- Ukrainian: свідо́мість (uk) f (svidómistʹ), усвідо́млення n (usvidómlennja)
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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)
- 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
- Swahili: uamsho
- Tagalog: kainuhan
- Ukrainian: обі́знаність (uk) f (obíznanistʹ)
- Vietnamese: nhận thức (vi) (認識)
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