unconsciousness
Knocked out cold
Unconsciousness is the state of being unaware of one's surroundings, unable to respond to stimuli.
It ranges from sleep to coma to the void under anesthesia.
A blow to the head can cause unconsciousness.
Figuratively, unconsciousness suggests obliviousness: He lived in blissful unconsciousness of how others perceived him.
Temporary loss of consciousness
- faintingTemporary loss of consciousness
- blackoutComplete power loss
- collapseSudden structural failure
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
stupor · concussion · seizure · anoxia · hypoxia · trauma · unresponsive · brain injury
Induced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- narcosisDrug-induced insensibility
- tranquilizationInducing artificial calm
- general anestheticDrug causing full unconsciousness
propofol · ether · chloroform · knockout · surgical · anesthetize · sedate · intubation
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- darknessTotal absence of light
- blanknessState of being empty
limbo · lethe · forgetting · amnesia · erasure · nonexistence · annihilation · eternity
Complete erasure from memory
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
heedless · inattentive · unwitting · unsuspecting · blind spot · cluelessness · nescience · insensibility
Mental imagery during slumber
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- REMAcronym for dreaming phase
- deep sleepUnconsciousness hard to rouse
- dormancySuspended biological activity
somnolence · hypnosis · trance · sleepwalking · napping · dozing · snoring · insomnia
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
- shadow selfUnconscious rejected aspects
blind spot · denial · dissociation · automatism · implicit · latent · hidden · subliminal
syncope
Temporary loss of consciousness
coma · stupor · concussion · seizure · anoxia · hypoxia · trauma · unresponsive · brain injury · neurological
anesthesia
Induced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- narcosisDrug-induced insensibility
- tranquilizationInducing artificial calm
general anesthetic · propofol · ether · chloroform · knockout · surgical · anesthetize · sedate · intubation · operating room
void
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- darknessTotal absence of light
blankness · limbo · lethe · forgetting · amnesia · erasure · nonexistence · annihilation · eternity · silence
oblivion
Complete erasure from memory
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
unmindful · heedless · inattentive · unwitting · unsuspecting · blind spot · cluelessness · nescience · insensibility · disregard
dreaming
Mental imagery during slumber
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- REMAcronym for dreaming phase
- deep sleepUnconsciousness hard to rouse
dormancy · somnolence · hypnosis · trance · sleepwalking · napping · dozing · snoring · insomnia · circadian
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
shadow self · blind spot · denial · dissociation · automatism · implicit · latent · hidden · subliminal · primal
- toxic symptomsswelling, pain, numbness, paralysis, seizures
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- blackoutspower outage, power failure, power cut, outage, total blackout
- bodily statessleep, wakefulness, hunger, drowsiness, alertness
- statescalm, confusion, happiness, hunger, sadness
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
unconsciousnessconsciousness
State of sentient awareness
awareness · wakefulness · alertness · sentience · cognizance
unconsciousnessdeliberateness
Careful intention in action
intentionality · purposefulness · willfulness · volition · self-awareness
unconsciousnessawareness
State of perceiving reality
understanding · knowledge · cognizance · recognition · realization
conscious, unconscious, self-conscious, subconscious, consciousness, consciously, unconsciously, self-consciousness, subconsciously