unconsciousness

un·con·scious  (n-knshs)

adj.

1. Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception; not conscious.

2. Temporarily lacking consciousness.

3. Occurring in the absence of conscious awareness or thought: unconscious resentment; unconscious fears.

4. Without conscious control; involuntary or unintended: an unconscious mannerism.

n.

The division of the mind in psychoanalytic theory containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed desires, that are not subject to conscious perception or control but that often affect conscious thoughts and behavior.

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un·conscious·ly adv.

un·conscious·ness n.

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unconsciousness [ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnɪs]

n

(Medicine) the state of being without normal sensory awareness; insensibility

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment cognitive state, state of mind - the state of a person's cognitive processes automatic pilot, autopilot - a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness; "she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot"; "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot" unawareness, unknowingness - unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention blackout - a momentary loss of consciousness semiconsciousness, stupefaction, stupor, grogginess - marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" coma, comatoseness - a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury electrosleep - unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain semicoma - a mild comatose state; a coma from which the person can be roused by appropriate stimuli insensibility - a lack of sensibility trance - a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep semitrance - a trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent narcosis - unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia consciousness - an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"

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unconsciousness

noun insensibility, oblivion, blackout, coma, numbness, stupor, torpor, blankness, senselessness, stupefaction, unawareness He knew that he might soon lapse into unconsciousness.

Translations

unconsciousness [ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnɪs] N (Med) → inconsciencia f

unconsciousness [ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnəs] n → inconscience f
to lapse into unconsciousness → sombrer dans l'inconscience

unconsciousness

n

(Med) → Bewusstlosigkeit f

(= unawareness) → mangelndes Bewusstsein

(of insult etc) → Ungewolltheit f; (of humour) → Unfreiwilligkeit f