Conscience



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解释

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• n. 良心, 是非感
• ［英］ n. 良心, 是非感 ( person's awareness of right and wrong)
• ［记］ con ( 全部) +sci ( 知道) +ence -> 全部知道 -> 有良知 -> 良心

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin conscientia, from conscient-, consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be conscious of guilt, from com- + scire to know — more at science
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good
  • b. a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts
  • c. the part of the superego in psychoanalysis that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego
• 2. archaic consciousness
• 3. conformity to the dictates of conscience ; conscientiousness
• 4. sensitive regard for fairness or justice ; scruple
• ? conscienceless adjective

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