All 20 Uses of
conscious
in
Childhood's End
- The crowd had now come abreast of the building: it must know that he was watching, for here and there fists were being shaken, rather self-consciously, in the air.†
Chpt 2self-consciously = with nervousness or discomfort felt by someone due to concern about what others will think of them
- Then a boy and a girl broke from the crowd and walked, with complete lack of self-consciousness, towards the gangway and into history.†
Chpt 5 *self-consciousness = nervousness or discomfort felt by someone due to concern about what others will think of them
- A radio was blaring dance-music from the living quarters, and unconsciously Reinhold's feet accelerated to the rhythm.†
Chpt 1unconsciously = in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anythingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Then, as full consciousness dawned, he sat up with a start and felt for the switch beside his bed.†
Chpt 3
- And if he had been unconscious for several days, he might be anywhere on Earth.†
Chpt 3unconscious = a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anythingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- From time to nine his fingers played across the locks in a half-conscious nervous reaction, but he had no intention of pressing the concealed switch until the meeting was over.†
Chpt 4
- He was sure that there was no supernormal explanation; as Rupert had said, the plate was simply responding to their unconscious muscular movements.†
Chpt 8unconscious = a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anythingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Whatever the explanation, George was now convinced that he was not contributing consciously to the results.†
Chpt 8
- Professor Sullivan was a brave and an intelligent man, but looking back on his career he was conscious of the fact that it had not brought him the sort of fame that sends a scientist's name safely down all the centuries.†
Chpt 12
- Much of the Colony's musical experimenting was, quite consciously, concerned with what might be called "time span".†
Chpt 15
- The main difference between us and the British in India was that they had no real motives for going there-no conscious objectives, that is, except such trivial and temporary ones as trade or hostility to other European powers.†
Chpt 17
- In the darkness of the sub-tropical night, George Greggson swam slowly upwards towards consciousness.†
Chpt 18
- They avoided all their friends, as if already conscious that soon no-one would have sympathy to spare for them.†
Chpt 19
- Yet sometimes he still spoke to them as he had always done, and talked of his toys and friends as if unconscious of what lay ahead.†
Chpt 19unconscious = a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anythingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- It is conscious of intelligence, everywhere.†
Chpt 20 *
- Once again they floated effortlessly through great vaulted corridors, but this time they were moving past the creations of nature, not of conscious mind.†
Chpt 22
- It was lifeless, of course-not, as he had thought in that first moment of panic, consciously staring up at him.†
Chpt 22
- The billions of transient sparks of consciousness that had made up humanity would flicker no more like flreffies against the night.†
Chpt 23
- His secret ambition had at last dared to emerge into the full light of consciousness.†
Chpt 23
- The great control screen flared for a moment with sombre, ruby light: without conscious effort, Karellen read the message of its changing patterns.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(conscious as in: conscious after the operation) awake (not asleep or in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything)
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(2)
(conscious as in: a conscious effort to lose weight) intentional (done on purpose) -- perhaps with significant effort
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(3)
(conscious as in: environmentally conscious) aware or concerned about something
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(4)
(conscious as in: the conscious mind) mental activity of which one is self-aware
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(5)
(conscious as in: conscious life on other planets) capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
- (6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)