conciencia

Definitions of conciencia
  1. noun
    conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
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    type of:
    moralidad
    concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
  2. noun
    an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
    synonyms: conocimiento, consciencia, sentido
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    antonyms:
    inconsciencia
    a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
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    ego, yo
    your consciousness of your own identity
    sensibilidad
    mental responsiveness and awareness
    insomnio
    the state of remaining awake
    estado de alerta
    a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
    type of:
    estado de ánimo
    the state of a person's cognitive processes
  3. noun
    having knowledge of
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    types:
    orientación
    an awareness of your orientation in space
  4. noun
    a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
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    type of:
    vergüenza
    a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
  5. noun
    motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
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    types:
    superego, superyo, superyó
    (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
    lacha, vergüenza
    a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
    type of:
    moral, moralidad, ética
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
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