hyperconsciousness

noun

as in consciousness

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  1. consciousness
  2. hyperawareness
  3. knowledge
  4. awareness
  5. observation
  6. attention
  7. ear
  8. cognizance
Noun
  • More troubling still is that their grasp on time, then their very consciousness, begins to break down.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ex-players reporting more concussion symptoms during their careers, such as nausea, disorientation or loss of consciousness, were more likely to develop erectile dysfunction later.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of consciousness
Noun
  • The increase in isolation and lack of social feedback has increased a self-critical hyperawareness — meaning teens are very focused on their own feelings but are missing the important tools that allows some reality testing.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • When cartoon characters dance, there’s a hyperawareness of their artificial movements—all the more so when those movements seem to be part of a social media strategy.
    — Jason Kehe, Wired, 19 Jan. 2022
Definition of hyperawareness
Noun
  • That knowledge cannot be acquired in a board meeting or replicated in an accelerator program.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Cheung said the training is intended to teach students that intimate examinations require more than medical knowledge and technical proficiency.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of knowledge
Noun
  • Our ongoing relationship and collaboration with the Metallica Scholars Initiative to help raise awareness and support for career and technical education.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The quarterback’s pocket awareness also impressed, consistently moving up in the pocket as edge rushers converged from the outside.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of awareness
Noun
  • The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Matt Schnaars, president of platform distribution and partnerships for NBCUniversal, reinforced Shapiro’s observations in a separate session.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of observation
Noun
  • Amalia Ulman’s 2025 film Magic Farm, about an American team’s desperation to manufacture a viral trend in rural Argentina, is minor cringe for its pleasurable skewering of the attention economy.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • No one was standing over my shoulder telling me to pay it special attention, but I was mesmerized.
    — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of attention
Noun
  • The combination of rising rates and resilient consumer spending is music to their ears.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • López can still picture her father holding the radio up to the window on rainy or cloudy days and putting his ear close to its speakers, anxiously trying to catch the signal before the Mensajero Rural ended.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of ear
Noun
  • The eldest in the brood carries a very strong air of leadership, not just within her own band but also her cognizance of the greater picture and how much impact the Warning is having on a new flock of young girls.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Our present and only state of consciousness is the cognizance of spiritual reality.
    — Elizabeth Crecelius Schwartz, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2026
Definition of cognizance
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