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awareness

awareness

336 3.2
Knowing about something or noticing it
  • noun
  • /əˈwɛrnəs/
translation icon : concienciación
  • Build more awareness.
  • raise awareness
  • an awareness campaign
  • public awareness

And then the next step is awareness without judgement.

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Examples

  • And then the next step is awareness without judgement.

  • Increase public and political awareness of what can be done to help prevent such failures.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Let your understanding and awareness grow and make you free.

  • Does the group have any awareness of how I see them?

  • My awareness of the danger would be greater today.

  • We're doing Autism Awareness Month because we're helping people with autism.

  • Too often, solutions are reinvented because of a lack of awareness of what others are doing.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Educational messages for raising awareness can be communicated to the public in a variety of ways.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Numbers of service users: 80-100 women and girls have been active in awareness-raising work so far.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The charity organized events to increase awareness of mental health issues in the community.

Synonyms

consciousness
vsawareness
229 4.9

Being aware of something, for example a mistake or a risk

is a simpler noticing state rather than full thinking capacity
realization
vsawareness
  • US
120 3.6

Becoming suddenly aware of something

is a continuing state of noticing rather than a single sudden insight
recognition
vsawareness
38 2.7

Becoming aware of something and understanding it clearly

is an ongoing mental state rather than a single identifying act
perception
vsawareness
14 4.6

Noticing things using your senses such as sight or hearing

is the resulting mental state of noticing rather than the sensing act
cognizance
vsawareness
3 8.6

Awareness that something exists or is happening

is a basic noticing state rather than the breadth of known facts
knowingness
vsawareness
1 8.4

A quiet feeling that someone understands what is happening

is a simple state of noticing rather than a lasting personal quality
knowing
vsawareness
1 5.3

A clear feeling that you understand something

is a general mental state of noticing rather than focused certainty

Antonyms

316 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

2 5.4

Not knowing or noticing something

Compounds

To know your own character, feelings, and reasons

Knowledge about problems that affect a person's mind and how to get help

self-awareness
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A machine or program that checks its own state to adjust its actions

Information and help to prevent people from killing themselves and support those affected

How Aware

alertness
14 2.9
consciousness
157 5.6
awareness
336 3.2
unawareness
2 5.4
ignorance
316 3.9

Surface Forms

awareness singular
awarenesses plural

Morphology

awareness = aware (transparent) = aware + ness

Productive noun formation from the adjective 'aware' using the common suffix '-ness', yielding the state or quality of being aware.

Etymology

Awareness comes from aware + -ness, and aware used to mean 'watchful' or 'noticing'. So, awareness is the 'state of noticing' or being conscious of something.