preconscious

[ pree-kon-shuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
occurring prior to the development of consciousness.

preconscious

/ priːˈkɒnʃəs /

psychoanal mental contents or activity not immediately in consciousness but readily brought there

First recorded in 1855–60; pre- + conscious

On some preconscious level, we never outgrow this expectation or fear about our omnipresent mothers.

Bones of the mindful Romans—and savage, preconscious trees, indomitable.

And his mind, as far back as his preconscious and the upper fringes of his subconscious, agreed with his words.

Dr. Konrad Bern, on the other hand, was difficult to read below the preconscious stage.

So, as far as possible, there must be in me no departure from myself, lest I injure the preconscious dynamic relation.

I wish I was a halfway decent telepath, I'd like to know what's going on in your preconscious.

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