unconsciousness

nounignorance

Antonyms for unconsciousness

anesthesia/anaesthesia

noun. induced sleep; induced absence of feeling

Word Origin & History

1712, "unaware, not marked by conscious thought," from un- (1) "not" + conscious. Meaning "temporarily insensible, knocked out" is recorded from 1860. In psychology, the noun the unconscious (1884) is a loan-translation of German das Unbewusste. The adjective in this sense is recorded from 1912.

Example Sentences forunconsciousness

He had been too dazed to resist; he had not known what had gripped him in his unconsciousness and weakness.

Chris stared, almost forgetting the pose of unconsciousness in his bewilderment.

Slowly she realized that she was being choked into unconsciousness.

After Ali fell he lived a moment, though only in unconsciousness.

His hand closed tightly on hers, and he sank back into unconsciousness.

His face became distorted and he lapsed into unconsciousness.

But his look was mercifully hidden from his victim by unconsciousness.

It was the work of only an instant to choke him in unconsciousness and lock him in the sealed cell.

Nor was this indifference the result of any unconsciousness of its beauty.

Was unconsciousness of all this, an excuse sufficient to stifle remorse?

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