UNCONSCIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

• UNCONSCIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun UNCONSCIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment

  Familiarity information: UNCONSCIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

• UNCONSCIOUSNESS (noun)

Meaning:

A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("unconsciousness" is a kind of...):

cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unconsciousness"):

automatic pilot; autopilot (a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness)

semitrance (a trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent)

trance (a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep)

insensibility (a lack of sensibility)

semicoma (a mild comatose state; a coma from which the person can be roused by appropriate stimuli)

electrosleep (unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain)

coma; comatoseness (a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury)

grogginess; semiconsciousness; stupefaction; stupor (marginal consciousness)

blackout (a momentary loss of consciousness)

unawareness; unknowingness (unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention)

narcosis (unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia)

Antonym:

consciousness (an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation)