UNAWARENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unawareness mean? 

• UNAWARENESS (noun)
  The noun UNAWARENESS has 1 sense:

1. unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention

  Familiarity information: UNAWARENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNAWARENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

unawareness; unknowingness

Hypernyms ("unawareness" is a kind of...):

unconsciousness (a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unawareness"):

forgetfulness (unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember)

unselfconsciousness (the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself)

Derivation:

unaware ((often followed by 'of') not aware)