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Conscious comes from Latin roots meaning what?

conscious

[kon-shuhs] / ˈkɒn ʃəs /




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Ashtiyeh, who is Palestinian, is conscious and under 24-hour supervision at a hospital in Nablus, where he will undergo X-rays, said his son, Zain Jaafar.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

However, he adds: "I think he was conscious he did have to work twice as hard."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Even if the choice of this outfit is that Wang is soft-launching his stick-and-poke tattooing side hustle, it’s still a conscious choice.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

McCarthy believed that the unconscious mind knew things that the conscious mind didn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Wilson says that we toggle back and forth between our conscious and unconscious modes of thinking, depending on the situation.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

But Omaid Sharifi, a civil society activist based in Kabul who opposes capital punishment, believes the hangings will have little impact on the consciouses of the accused.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2014




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