consciência

See also: consciencia and consciència

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnscientia, from con- (“with”) + scientia (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [kõ.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈsjẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [kõ.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.siˈẽ.si.a/ [kõ.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /kõˈsjẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /kõʃˈsjẽ.sjɐ/, /kõˈʃjẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ, -ẽsiɐ
• Hyphenation: cons‧ci‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

consciência f (plural consciências)

1. conscience, consciousness (moral sense)

   Synonyms: ciência, lucidez

   1. immediate knowledge of one's own psychic activity
   2. ability to know oneself intuitively
2. spontaneous and more or less vague knowledge; impression
3. (psychology) part of psychic activity of which the subject has intuitive knowledge (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. (philosophy) state in which the subject knows himself as such, and distinguishes himself from the objects that surround him (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
5. ability to make value judgments about one's own actions (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
6. honesty; righteousness
7. neatness; scruple

Related terms

• consciente, conscientemente, consciencioso, cônscio