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collective unconscious
noun
- (in Jungian psychology) inborn unconscious psychic material common to humankind, accumulated by the experience of all preceding generations.
collective unconscious
noun
- psychol (in Jungian psychological theory) a part of the unconscious mind incorporating patterns of memories, instincts, and experiences common to all mankind. These patterns are inherited, may be arranged into archetypes, and are observable through their effects on dreams, behaviour, etc
collective unconscious
- Memories of mental patterns that are shared by members of a single culture or, more broadly, by all human beings; originally proposed by the psychologist Carl Jung to explain psychological traits shared by all people. He theorized that the collective unconscious appears as archetypes : patterns and symbols (see also symbol ) that occur in dreams, mythology , and fairy tales.
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Origin of collective unconscious1
First recorded in 1915–20
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