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foreconscious

[ fawr-kon-shuhs, fohr- ]

noun

, Psychology.
  1. the preconscious.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foreconscious1

First recorded in 1920–25; fore- + conscious

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Example Sentences

Her lips said "The foreconscious self always has its reasons for hiding up the things the unconscious self knows and feels."

So far, Uncle and Mary are still having it out atavistically in my foreconscious.

But the contribution from the foreconscious, which is missing here, may be found in another place.

The dream would not originate if the foreconscious wish were not reinforced from another source.

This persistent wish to sleep on the part of the foreconscious in general facilitates the formation of the dream.

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