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Selfconsciousness vs Consciousness - What's the difference?

selfconsciousness | consciousness |

As nouns the difference between selfconsciousness and consciousness

is that selfconsciousness is while consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

selfconsciousness

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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