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Conscious comes from Latin roots meaning what?

conscious

[kon-shuhs] / ˈkɒn ʃəs /




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I became conscious of the work my own hip flexors were doing and checked on my travel partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Even the most responsive AI was rated as less conscious than the least responsive human.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

How we all got here—being conscious, analytical and, most significantly, empathetic—involves a narrative that has lasted billions of years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But he became increasingly conscious of his condition as he grew older, particularly as hairstyles changed and his hair became thinner.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

As he unlocked his office door, his superior, Police Inspector Harry Bryant, jug-eared and redheaded, sloppily dressed but wise-eyed and conscious of nearly everything of any importance, hailed him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

But Omaid Sharifi, a civil society activist based in Kabul who opposes capital punishment, believes the hangings will have little impact on the consciouses of the accused.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2014


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