Synonyms for unconsciousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-kon-shuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for unconsciousness Other synonyms for the word unconsciousness
- benightedness
- empty-headedness
- half-knowledge
- illiteracy
- incapacity
- incomprehension
- innocence
- inscience
- insensitivity
- lack of education
- mental incapacity
- naiveté
- nescience
- obliviousness
- obtuseness
- philistinism
- rawness
- sciolism
- shallowness
- simplicity
- unawareness
- uncouthness
- unenlightenment
- unfamiliarity
- unscholarliness
- vagueness
Définition of unconsciousness
Origin :- 1712, "unaware, not marked by conscious thought," from un- (1) "not" + conscious. Meaning "temporarily insensible, knocked out" is recorded from 1860. In psychology, the noun the unconscious (1884) is a loan-translation of German das Unbewusste. The adjective in this sense is recorded from 1912.
- noun ignorance
- He had been too dazed to resist; he had not known what had gripped him in his unconsciousness and weakness.
- Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore
- Chris stared, almost forgetting the pose of unconsciousness in his bewilderment.
- Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall
- Slowly she realized that she was being choked into unconsciousness.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- After Ali fell he lived a moment, though only in unconsciousness.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- His hand closed tightly on hers, and he sank back into unconsciousness.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- His face became distorted and he lapsed into unconsciousness.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- But his look was mercifully hidden from his victim by unconsciousness.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- It was the work of only an instant to choke him in unconsciousness and lock him in the sealed cell.
- Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent
- Nor was this indifference the result of any unconsciousness of its beauty.
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- Was unconsciousness of all this, an excuse sufficient to stifle remorse?
- Extract from : « St. Patrick's Eve » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for unconsciousness
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