the state of being aware of and responsive to one’s surroundings
awareness of one’s place in a system of social class, especially (in Marxist terms) as it relates to the class struggle
the activity of seeking to make people more aware of personal, social, or political issues
(especially in Marxist theory) a way of thinking that prevents a person from perceiving the true nature of their social or economic situation
a person’s thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow. The term was introduced by William James in his Principles of Psychology (1890)