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  2. Awareness - Wikipedia

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    Awareness, in psychology and philosophy, is the perception or knowledge of something. [1] The concept is often synonymous with consciousness. [2] However, one can be aware of something without being explicitly conscious of it, such as in the case of blindsight. [1]

  3. Consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Using 'awareness', however, as a definition or synonym of consciousness is not a simple matter: If awareness of the environment . . . is the criterion of consciousness, then even the protozoans are conscious. If awareness of awareness is required, then it is doubtful whether the great apes and human infants are conscious. [26]

  4. Situation awareness - Wikipedia

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    In first aid medical training provided by the American Red Cross, the need to be aware of the situation within the area of influence as one approaches an individual requiring medical assistance is the first aspect for responders to consider [92] Examining the area and being aware of potential hazards, including the hazards which may have caused ...

  5. Metalinguistic awareness - Wikipedia

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    an awareness that a word is separable from its referent (meaning resides in the mind, not in the name, i.e. Sonia is Sonia, and I will be the same person even if somebody calls me another name) Metalinguistic awareness is therefore distinct from the notion of engaging with normal language operations, but instead with the process of language use ...

  6. Definitions of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    This definition has been adopted in some argumentation theory. [71] [72] Paul Silva's "awareness first" epistemology posits that the common core of knowledge is awareness, providing a definition that accounts for both beliefless knowledge and knowledge grounded in belief. [5] [73]

  7. Self-awareness - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, self-awareness is the awareness and reflection of one's own personality or individuality, including traits, feelings, and behaviors. [1] [2] It is not to be confused with consciousness in the sense of qualia. While consciousness is being aware of one's body and environment, self-awareness is the recognition of that consciousness. [3]

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    The word poecilonym is a rare synonym of the word synonym. It is not entered in most major dictionaries and is a curiosity or piece of trivia for being an autological word because of its meta quality as a synonym of synonym. Antonyms are words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings. For example: hot ↔ cold, large ↔ small, thick ↔ thin ...

  9. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...