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- noun The quality or state of being
awake
Etymologies
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Examples
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The warning enjoins African-Americans to practise their own kind of awakeness, where they might ordinarily sleep, in relation to the kind advocated by the post-11 September US government, lest they come under fire from that government's own newly mandated -- in reality often racist -- versions.
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Only it wasn't the normal kind of awakeness that I get when I can't sleep, it was like when it's noon and you're perfectly alert in every way.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002
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The kind of awakeness that allows you to be appropriate to whatever moment you're in.
Chicago Reader 2010
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The kind of awakeness that allows you to be appropriate to whatever moment you're in.
Chicago Reader 2010
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My "awakeness" varied positively with the quantity and duration of morning light.
Seth's blog 2010
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The kind of awakeness that allows you to be appropriate to whatever moment you're in.
Chicago Reader 2010
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The kind of awakeness that allows you to be appropriate to whatever moment you're in.
Chicago Reader 2010
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The kind of awakeness that allows you to be appropriate to whatever moment you're in.
Chicago Reader 2010
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4 Enlightenment has no practical value--however, the precursive stages "awakeness" and "human adulthood" are about as useful as anything you can possibly imagine.
Many Paths, One Mountain Steven Barnes 2008
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4 Enlightenment has no practical value--however, the precursive stages "awakeness" and "human adulthood" are about as useful as anything you can possibly imagine.
Archive 2008-11-01 Steven Barnes 2008
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