awareness

English

Etymology

From aware +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛɚ.nəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛə.nəs/
• Hyphenation: aware‧ness

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (state of consciousness): consciousness, wakefulness
• (state of being aware of something): knowledge, consciousness

Derived terms

• aided awareness
• awareness band
• awareness bracelet
• awareness ribbon
• brand awareness
• choiceless awareness
• large-group awareness training
• large group awareness training
• self-awareness
• terrain awareness and warning system
• top-of-mind awareness
• top of mind awareness
• unaided awareness

 

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)

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)