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subconscious - 7 dictionary results

sub⋅con⋅scious

[suhb-kon-shuhs]
–adjective
1. existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
2. imperfectly or not wholly conscious: subconscious motivations.
–noun
3. the totality of mental processes of which the individual is not aware; unreportable mental activities.

Origin:
1825–35; sub- + conscious


sub⋅con⋅scious⋅ly, adverb
sub⋅con⋅scious⋅ness, noun
sub·con·scious   (sŭb-kŏn'shəs)   
adj.  Not wholly conscious; partially or imperfectly conscious: subconscious perceptions.
n.  The part of the mind below the level of conscious perception. Often used with the.
sub·con'scious·ly adv., sub·con'scious·ness n.

Subconscious

Sub*con"scious\, a. 1. Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

2. Partially conscious; feebly conscious.
Language Translation for : subconscious
Spanish: subconsciente,
German: unterbewußt, das Unterbewußts(in),
Japanese: 潜在意識の

subconscious  (adj.)
1823, "not wholly conscious" (implied in subconsciously), from sub- + conscious. First attested in De Quincey. The noun, in the psychological sense, is attested from 1886; earlier subconsciousness (1874).

Main Entry: 1sub·con·scious
Pronunciation: "s&b-'kän-ch&s, 's&b-
Function: adjective
1 : existing in themind but not immediately available to consciousness : affecting thought, feeling, and behavior without entering awareness <subconscious motives> subconsciousreflex>
2 : imperfectly conscious : partially but not fully aware subconscious dream activity for several minutes after waking—Psychological Abstracts> —sub·con·scious·ly adverbsub·con·scious·ness noun

subconscious sub·con·scious (sŭb-kŏn'shəs)
adj.
Not wholly conscious; partially or imperfectly conscious. n.
The part of the mind below the level of conscious perception.


sub·con'scious·ly adv.

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