Main Entry: con·scious·ness
Pronunciation: 'kän-ch&-sn&s
Function: noun
1 : the totality in psychology of sensations, perceptions, ideas, attitudes, and feelings of which an individual or a group is aware at any given time or within a given time span
2 : waking life (as that to which one returns after sleep, trance, or fever) in which one’s normal mental powers are present
3 : the upper part of mental life of which the person is aware as contrasted with unconscious processes