The state, condition, or realm of being aware; consciousness or mindfulness as a domain.
From aware (Old English 'gewær,' meaning 'cautious' or 'wary,' from Germanic roots) + -dom suffix (Old English 'dōm' meaning 'judgment' or 'domain'). The -dom suffix creates abstract nouns.
The '-dom' suffix originally meant 'judgment' (as in 'wisdom'—literally 'wise judgment')—so 'awaredom' literally means 'the judgment-realm of awareness,' preserving medieval ideas about consciousness.
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