'Unconsciousness' definitions:
Definition of 'unconsciousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment [ant: consciousness]
Definition of 'Unconsciousness'
From: GCIDE
- unconscious \un*con"scious\ ([u^]n*k[o^]n"sh[u^]s), a.
- 1. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; resulting from neural activity of which a person is not aware; as, an unconscious movement; unconscious cerebration. "Unconscious causes." --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Unintentional; as, an unconscious insult. [PJC] -- {Un*con"scious*ly}, adv. -- {Un*con"scious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]