preconscious

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adjective

Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.

occurring prior to the development of consciousness.

noun

the preconscious portion of the mind; foreconscious.

Origin:
1855–60; pre- + conscious

Related forms

pre·con·scious·ly, adverb

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preconscious (priːˈkɒnʃəs)

—*adj*
1.	psychol prior to the development of consciousness

—n
2.	psychoanal mental contents or activity not immediately in consciousness but readily brought there

pre'consciously

—*adv*

pre'consciousness

—n

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