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sub⋅lim⋅i⋅nal

  [suhb-lim-uh-nl]
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–adjective Psychology.
existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
Origin:
1885–90; sub- + L līmin- (s. of līmen) threshold + -al 1

Related forms:
sub⋅lim⋅i⋅nal⋅ly, adverb
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sub·lim·i·nal   (sŭb-lĭm'ə-nəl)   
adj.   Psychology
  1. Below the threshold of conscious perception. Used of stimuli.
  2. Inadequate to produce conscious awareness but able to evoke a response: subliminal propaganda.

[sub- + Latin līmen, līmin-, threshold.]
sub·lim'i·nal·ly adv.
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Subliminal

Sub*lim"i*nal\, a. [Pref. sub- + L. limen threshold.] (Philos.) Existing in the mind, but below the surface or threshold of consciousness; that is, existing as feeling rather than as clear ideas.
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subliminal 
1886, "below the threshold" (of consciousness), formed from sub "below" + L. limen (gen. liminis) "threshold." Apparently a loan-translation of Ger. unter der Schwelle (des Bewusstseins) "beneath the threshold (of consciousness)," from Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841), author of a textbook on psychology published in 1824. The scare over subliminal advertising came in 1957.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sub·lim·i·nal
Pronunciation: (")s&b-'lim-&n-&l, 's&b-
Function: adjective
1 : inadequateto produce a sensation or a perception
2 : existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness subliminal mind> <subliminal advertising> —sub·lim·i·nal·ly /-E/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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subliminal sub·lim·i·nal (sŭb-lĭm'ə-nəl)
adj.

  1. Below the threshold of conscious perception. Used of stimuli.
  2. Inadequate to produce conscious awareness but able to evoke a response.
sub·lim'i·nal·ly adv.

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