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Consciousness vs Overmind - What's the difference?

consciousness | overmind |

As nouns the difference between consciousness and overmind

is that consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness while overmind is the leading or controlling mind in a groupmind.

consciousness

English

Noun

(wikipedia consciousness)
  • The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage=Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness .}}

    Derived terms

    * cyberconsciousness * hyperconsciousness * teleconsciousness * raise someone's consciousness

    Related terms

    * conscious * conscience

    See also

    * being-for-itself

    overmind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia overmind)
  • (science fiction) The leading or controlling mind in a groupmind.
  • (spirituality) In 's "integral psychology", the highest of the mental planes of consciousness.

    • Antonyms

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