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unconscious
[ uhn-kon-shuhs ]
adjective
- not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
- temporarily devoid of consciousness.
- not perceived at the level of awareness; occurring below the level of conscious thought:
an unconscious impulse.
- not consciously realized, planned, or done; without conscious volition or intent:
an unconscious social slight.
- not endowed with mental faculties:
the unconscious stones.
noun
- the unconscious, Psychoanalysis. the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible to awareness but that has a pronounced influence on behavior.
unconscious
/ ʌnˈkɒnʃəs /
adjective
- lacking normal sensory awareness of the environment; insensible
- not aware of one's actions, behaviour, etc
unconscious of his bad manners
- characterized by lack of awareness or intention
an unconscious blunder
- coming from or produced by the unconscious
unconscious resentment
noun
- psychoanal the part of the mind containing instincts, impulses, images, and ideas that are not available for direct examination See also collective unconscious Compare subconscious preconscious
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Derived Forms
- unˈconsciously, adverb
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Other Words From
- un·con·scious·ly adverb
- un·con·scious·ness noun
- qua·si-un·con·scious adjective
- self-un·con·scious adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unconscious1
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Example Sentences
When he invited her to play in a charity game, she got knocked unconscious when he passed her the ball.
This renders the patient unconscious and thus, effectively relieves pain.
One of the mobs caught Dr. Saptal Singh, beat him unconscious—and presuming him dead—threw his body off a train.
“The punches and kicks eventually knocked me unconscious and left me completely unresponsive,” Singh explained.
Some people were chased; some robbed; two men were beaten unconscious.
It began with certain postulates, or assumptions, to a great extent unconscious, of the conditions to which it applied.
In this way child's play, like primitive art, shows a certain unconscious selectiveness.
He was apparently equally unconscious of anything extraordinary in the situation.
In a dream he crossed the crowded hall, avoiding various acquaintances with unconscious cunning.
Nancy was little the worse for the awful accident, bruised, of course, but poor Masters was unconscious.
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