pseudoconsciousness
nounEtymology From pseudo- + conscious + -ness.
1
Computer, Computing, Engineering, Human sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Neurology, Neuroscience, Physical sciences, Psychology, Science, Sciences A state or condition that is not consciousness but seemingly or nearly approaches it or simulates it.
2
Synonym of false consciousness (“faulty understanding of the true character of social processes”).
Political theory
- Related terms
- nonsentience, nonsentient, pseudoconscience, pseudoconscious, pseudosentient
- Coordinate terms
- pseudosentience