pseudoconsciousness
English
editEtymology
editFrom pseudo- + conscious + -ness.
Noun
editpseudoconsciousness (uncountable)
- (neuroscience, neurology, psychology, computer science) A state or condition that is not consciousness but seemingly or nearly approaches it or simulates it.
- (political theory) Synonym of false consciousness (“faulty understanding of the true character of social processes”).