consciência

• conciência (1931-prescribed spelling)
• consciencia (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnscientia, from con- (“with”) + scientia (“knowledge”).

• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: cons‧ci‧ên‧ci‧a

consciência f (plural consciências)

1. conscience, consciousness (moral sense)

   Synonyms: ciência, lucidez

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 21:

     Cumprida a obrigação, Fabiano levantou-se com a consciencia tranquilla e marchou para casa.

     Having fulfilled his duties, Fabiano got up with a clear conscience and marched home.

   1. immediate knowledge of one's own psychic activity
   2. ability to know oneself intuitively
2. spontaneous and more or less vague knowledge; impression
3. (psychology) part of psychic activity of which the subject has intuitive knowledge (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. (philosophy) self-awareness; the state in which the subject knows himself as such, and distinguishes himself from the objects that surround him}}
5. conscientiousness; the ability to make value judgments about one's own actions
6. honesty; righteousness
7. neatness; scruple

• consciente, conscientemente, consciencioso, cônscio

• “consciência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “consciência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026