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subliminal
[ suhb-lim-uh-nl ]
adjective
- existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual:
a subliminal stimulus;
subliminal advertising.
subliminal
/ sʌbˈlɪmɪnəl /
adjective
- resulting from processes of which the individual is not aware
- (of stimuli) less than the minimum intensity or duration required to elicit a response
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Derived Forms
- subˈliminally, adverb
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Other Words From
- sub·limi·nal·ly adverb
- nonsub·limi·nal adjective
- nonsub·limi·nal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of subliminal1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of subliminal1
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Example Sentences
Just the subliminal nature of being on stage and making a declarative statement rather than a passive one.
Although his first song was played on loop for months, the subliminal messaging in ‘Free Loop’ fell on deaf ears.
Subliminal ends up surveying a wide expanse of the psychology landscape, some parts of it more interesting than others.
Can there be any rational reason for such subliminal fear of a house without a door?
Indeed, that urge was more of a subliminal whisper from her past.
It was a new kind of inspiration, of that strange "subliminal uprush" which made the mystery of his life.
There has been talk for some years about unconscious facts, about sub-consciousness, subliminal consciousness, etc.
It must be traced in the literature of automatisms, hypnosis, divided personality, and the "subliminal."
She felt within her some shy subliminal renewal, as silent yet as implacable as the insidious first workings of spring.
But usually the subliminal self is considered as purely automatic.
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