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Nancy, a clothes-conscious girl with a film-star figure, a bespectacled countenance, and a coy, tiptoe way of walking, crossed the lawn and pressed the front-door bell.†
Chpt 1
The others at the table-his mother, his father, his younger brother-were not conscious of anything uncommon in his manner.†
Chpt 1
He had a serious head injury with concussion and several hours of unconsciousness in 1950-this was verified by me by checking hospital records.†
Chpt 4 *

unconsciousness = a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciousness means not and reverses the meaning of consciousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
In general, these individuals are predisposed to severe lapses in ego-control which makes possible the open expression of primitive violence, born out of previous, and now unconscious, traumatic experiences.†
Chpt 4

unconscious = a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything

standard 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.
All of them, too, had been concerned throughout their early years about being considered 'sissies,' physically undersized or sickly...In all four cases, there was historical evidence of altered states of consciousness, frequently in connection with the outbursts of violence.†
Chpt 4
The murderous potential can become activated, especially if some disequilibrium is already present, when the victim-to-be is unconsciously perceived as a key figure in some past traumatic configuration.†
Chpt 4 *

unconsciously = not in a self-aware manner

standard 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. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.
The behavior, or even the mere presence, of this figure adds a stress to the unstable balance of forces that results in a sudden extreme discharge of violence, similar to the explosion that takes place when a percussion cap ignites a charge of dynamite...The hypothesis of unconscious motivation explains why the murderers perceived innocuous and relatively unknown victims as provocative and thereby suitable targets for aggression.†
Chpt 4

unconscious = a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything

standard 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.
At such times, a chance acquaintance or even a stranger was easily able to lose his 'real' meaning and assume an identity in the unconscious traumatic configuration.†
Chpt 4
The 'old' conflict was reactivated and aggression swiftly mounted to murderous proportions...When such senseless murders occur, they are seen to be an end result of a period of increasing tension and disorganization in the murderer starting before the contact with the victim who, by fitting into the unconscious conflicts of the murderer, unwittingly serves to set into motion his homicidal potential.†
Chpt 4
For the secret Lowell Lee, the one concealed inside the shy church going biology student, fancied himself an ice-hearted master criminal: he wanted to wear gangsterish silk shirts and drive scarlet sports cars; he wanted to be recognized as no mere bespectacled, bookish, overweight, virginal schoolboy; and while he did not dislike any member of his family, at least not consciously, murdering them seemed the swiftest, most sensible way of implementing the fantasies that possessed him.†
Chpt 4 *
Also, Dewey found the self-consciously casual conversation of his fellow witnesses, as they stood awaiting the start of what one witness termed "the festivities," disconcerting.†
Chpt 4 *

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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)
(2) (conscious as in: a conscious effort to lose weight)
intentional (done on purpose) -- perhaps with significant effort
(3) (conscious as in: environmentally conscious)
aware or concerned about something
(4) (conscious as in: the conscious mind)
mental activity of which one is self-aware
(5) (conscious as in: conscious life on other planets)
capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
(6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

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In Cold Blood
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