Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being unconscious, in any sense; absence of consciousness or of self-consciousness.
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- noun The state of lacking
consciousness , of beingunconscious - noun
ignorance orinnocence ; the state of beinguninformed orunaware
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- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
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Examples
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We love to throw the dim light of our reason on to our unconsciousness: why not let it play on what we term the unconsciousness of the universe?
Wisdom and Destiny Maurice Maeterlinck 1905
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But unconsciousness is common to every single engram, because unconsciousness does just one thing; it closes down the analytical mind.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Cruise ‘is Christ’ of Scientology 2007
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The state of unconsciousness is treated by feeding the person with salt water in a quantity equal to the amount of blood taken.
The Accuser 2005
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The state of unconsciousness is treated by feeding the person with salt water in a quantity equal to the amount of blood taken.
The Accuser 2005
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– Again unconsciousness overcame him, and he sank into another stupor.
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I think apparent unconsciousness is the most dignified line to take, don't you?
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'In this broad belt of unconsciousness, which is immune to conscious criticism and control, we stand defenseless, open to all kinds of influences and psychic infections.
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In this broad belt of unconsciousness, which is immune to conscious criticism and control, we stand defenseless, open to all kinds of influences and psychic infections.
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Our unconsciousness is their privacy; our darkness is their light ....
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The unconsciousness was a blessing: she didn't feel the bone in her arm snap with the force of the blow.
Eve's Rib Chandler, Bryn 1989
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