| (in Jungian psychology) inborn unconscious psychic material common to humankind, accumulated by the experience of all preceding generations. |
collective unconscious col·lec·tive unconscious (kə-lěk'tĭv)
n.
In Jungian psychology, a part of the unconscious mind that is shared by a society, a people, or all humankind. The product of ancestral experience, it contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality.
