In a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally.

The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

plural of consciousness

plural of conscious

In a self-conscious manner

The continuous flow of thoughts that makes up an individual's conscious experience. / A literary device that seeks to describe this process by means of a long, unstructured soliloquy.

The awareness of the self as an entity. / Shyness; a feeling of unease in social situations.

plural of false consciousness

(Marxism, including its brand of social sciences) A faulty understanding of the true character of social processes due to ideology.

(cognitive theory) a supposed mode of cognition beyond human self-awareness / (Hegelianism) the notion of historical progress in the evolution of the human mind