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Collocations for consciousness - noun

1. being able to see/hear/feel things

ADJ.

full | higher
to aspire to a higher consciousness
individual | human

VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS

lose
She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness.
recover, regain | bring sb back to
The cold water brought me back to full consciousness.
enter
The words slowly entered her consciousness.

PHRASES

a level/state of consciousness
an altered state of consciousness

2. being aware of sth

ADJ.

full
I left the room with full consciousness of the impression I would make.
growing | altered | collective, public | national | modern | black | working-class | class, environmental, feminist, green, political, religious, social
a new political consciousness among young people
false
(technical) She sees racism as a form of false consciousness, where a society collectively believes untrue things about other races.

VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS

develop, raise
They have succeeded in raising consciousness on many issues.
enter
imagery that has entered the national consciousness through the media
be lodged in, lodge itself in
The idea firmly lodged itself in the public consciousness.

PREP.

in (the) ~
a key position in feminist consciousness
~ among, ~ of
a growing consciousness of environmental issues among children

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