unconsciousness
/ʌnˈkɒnʃəsnəs
/noun [mass noun]
1The state of being unconscious: someone gave me a crack across the head and I slipped into unconsciousness...
- Darcy briefly toyed with the idea of feigning unconsciousness.
- All you have to look forward to now is unconsciousness.
- An open microphone over the next six minutes revealed the progressive deterioration of the pilot toward unconsciousness.
Synonyms
insensibility, senselessness, stupefaction, oblivion, unawareness, blankness, lack of sensation, lack of feeling;
blackout, coma, stupor, torpor, trance, sopor, collapse
1.1The state of being uninformed or unaware: part of her beauty was her unconsciousness of it...
- In all their class unconsciousness they merely agitated for improvements in the social sickness that caused the problems initially.
- The eighth song is about impetuousness and unconsciousness of teenagers.
- Yet they were sung with a kind of naivete and unconsciousness.