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subconsciouses

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sub⋅con⋅scious

  [suhb-kon-shuhs]
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–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

Related forms:
sub⋅con⋅scious⋅ly, adverb
sub⋅con⋅scious⋅ness, noun
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2subconscious
Function: noun
: the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness; also : the aspect of the mindconcerned with such activities —compare UNCONSCIOUS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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