All 15 Uses
conscious
in
The Fault in Our Stars
(Edited)
- I looked away, suddenly conscious of my myriad insufficiencies.
p. 9.2conscious = aware
- There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after.
p. 13.4 *consciousness = the state of being capable of thought and self-reflection
- Any attempts to feign normal social interactions were just depressing because it was so glaringly obvious that everyone I spoke to for the rest of my life would feel awkward and self-conscious around me, except maybe kids like Jackie who just didn't know any better.
p. 47.8self-conscious = uncomfortable about what others might think
- "Not your fault, Hazel Grace. We're all just side effects, right?"
"Barnacles on the container ship of consciousness," I said, quoting AIA.p. 72.6consciousness = the state of being capable of thought, self-reflection, and will - I screamed to wake up my parents, and they burst into the room, but there was nothing they could do to dim the supernovae exploding inside my brain, an endless chain of intracranial firecrackers that made me think that I was once and for all going, and I told myself—as I've told myself before—that the body shuts down when the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass.
p. 105.5
- I became conscious of my own posture and sat up a little on the couch.
p. 184.7 *conscious = aware
- I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed.
p. 223.6consciousness = the state of being capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
- He was losing consciousness.
p. 246.4 *consciousness = wakefulness
- Half conscious, he glanced over at me and mumbled, "And you say you don't write poetry."
p. 247.9conscious = awake
- She was just crying on the other end of the line, and she told me she was sorry, and I said I was sorry, too, and she told me that he was unconscious for a couple hours before he died.
p. 261.9unconscious = in a state similar to sleep where one is not aware 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.
- He died after a lengthy battle with human consciousness, a victim—as you will be—of the universe's need to make and unmake all that is possible.
p. 266.5consciousness = the state of being capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
- I suddenly felt conscious that there were all these people watching us, that the last time so many people saw us kiss we were in the Anne Frank House.
p. 270.5conscious = aware
- He eventually went unconscious, but it sounds like, yeah, it wasn't great or anything.
p. 281.2unconscious = in a state similar to sleep where one is not aware 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.
- He'd written it over many days in varying degrees of consciousness.
p. 310.3consciousness = wakefulness
- After my PET scan lit up, I snuck into the ICU and saw her while she was unconscious.
p. 312.6unconscious = in a state similar to sleep where one is not aware 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.
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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(conscious as in: the conscious mind) mental activity of which one is self-aware
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(conscious as in: conscious life on other planets) capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
- (6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)