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unconsciously - 2 dictionary results

un⋅con⋅scious

  [uhn-kon-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
2. temporarily devoid of consciousness.
3. not perceived at the level of awareness; occurring below the level of conscious thought: an unconscious impulse.
4. not consciously realized, planned, or done; without conscious volition or intent: an unconscious social slight.
5. not endowed with mental faculties: the unconscious stones.
–noun
6. 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.
Origin:
1705–15; 1915–20 for def. 6; un- 1 + conscious

Related forms:
un⋅con⋅scious⋅ly, adverb
un⋅con⋅scious⋅ness, noun
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un·con·scious   (ŭn-kŏn'shəs)   
adj.  
  1. Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception; not conscious.
  2. Temporarily lacking consciousness.
  3. Occurring in the absence of conscious awareness or thought: unconscious resentment; unconscious fears.
  4. Without conscious control; involuntary or unintended: an unconscious mannerism.
n.  The division of the mind in psychoanalytic theory containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed desires, that are not subject to conscious perception or control but that often affect conscious thoughts and behavior.
un·con'scious·ly adv., un·con'scious·ness n.
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