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sub·con·scious

(sŭb-kŏn′shəs)

adj.

Not wholly conscious; partially or imperfectly conscious: subconscious perceptions.

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.

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subconscious

(sʌbˈkɒnʃəs)

adj

(Psychology) acting or existing without one's awareness: subconscious motive.

(Psychoanalysis) psychoanal that part of the mind which is on the fringe of consciousness and contains material of which it is possible to become aware by redirecting attention. Compare preconscious², unconscious⁵

subˈconsciously adv

subˈconsciousness n

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sub•con•scious

(sʌbˈkɒn ʃəs)

adj.

1. existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness.

2. imperfectly or not wholly conscious: subconscious motivations.

3. the totality of mental processes of which the individual is not aware.

[1825–35]

sub•con′scious•ly, adv.

sub•con′scious•ness, n.

subconscious

– unconscious

1. used as a noun

Your subconscious is the part of your mind that can influence you or affect your behaviour without your being aware of it.

The memory of it all was locked deep in my subconscious.

2. used as an adjective

You can also use subconscious as an adjective in front of a noun.

The subconscious mind forgets nothing.

He was urged on by some subconscious desire to punish himself.

3. 'unconscious'

You do not say that a person is 'subconscious'. If someone is not conscious, you say that they are unconscious.

The blow knocked him unconscious.

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subconscious

This term describes any mental process of which we are only dimly aware.

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Noun	1.	subconscious - psychic activity just below the level of awareness subconscious mind mind, psyche, nous, brain, head - that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
Adj.	1.	subconscious - just below the level of consciousness unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"

subconscious

noun

1. mind, psyche, essential being, imagination, inner self the hidden power of the subconscious

adjective

1. hidden, inner, suppressed, repressed, intuitive, latent, innermost, subliminal a subconscious cry for affection
hidden knowing, aware, conscious, sensible, sentient

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Translations

تَحْت الوَعْي، دون الوَعْي

podvědomípodvědomý

underbevidstunderbevidsthed

unterbewusst Unterbewusstsein

subconsciencia subconsciente

alitajuinenpiilotajuinentiedostamaton

subconscient

subconscio subcosciente

iš pasąmonėsnesąmoningaspasąmonė

neapzinātszemapziņazemapziņas-

underbevisst

bilinç altı

下意识下意识的潜意识潜意识的

subconscious

[ˈsʌbˈkɒnʃəs]

A. ADJ → subconsciente

B. N the subconscious → el subconsciente
in one's subconscious → en el subconsciente

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subconscious

[ˌsʌbˈkɒnʃəs]

adj → subconscient(e)

n → subconscient m

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subconscious

[ˌsʌbˈkɒnʃəs]

1. adj → subcosciente

2. n the subconscious → il subcosciente, il subconscio

subconscious

(sabˈkonʃəs) adjective, noun

(of) those activities of the mind of which we are not aware. I suspect that his generosity arose from a subconscious desire for praise; We can't control the activities of the subconscious.

subˈconsciously adverb

sub·con·scious

n. subconsciente, subconsciencia, estado durante el cual los procesos mentales que afectan el pensamiento los sentimientos y la conducta ocurren sin que la persona esté consciente de ello;

a. rel. a. la zona mental en la que la persona no se encuentra totalmente consciente.

subconscious

adj subconsciente; n subconsciencia or subconciencia

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Morton Prince to say: "As I view this question of the subconscious, far too much weight is given to the point of awareness or not awareness of our conscious processes.

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"Cecil said one day--and I thought it so profound--that there are two kinds of cads--the conscious and the subconscious." She paused again, to be sure of doing justice to Cecil's profundity.

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So obsessed was I with the desire to die that I feared I might commit the act in my sleep, and I was compelled to give my revolver away to others who were to lose it for me where my subconscious hand might not find it.

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The impulse that moves me and the doing of the thing seem simultaneous; for if my mind goes through the tedious formality of reasoning, it must be a subconscious act of which I am not objectively aware.

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He was a psycho-pathologist, as well as a student of art, and the subconscious had few secrets from him.

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And now, before I take up my tale, I want to anticipate the doubting Thomases of psychology, who are prone to scoff, and who would otherwise surely say that the coherence of my dreams is due to overstudy and the subconscious projection of my knowledge of evolution into my dreams.

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When Michael was asleep, then it was that pack-memories sometimes arose to the surface of his subconscious mind.

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It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious and subconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.

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It is a question if the original cause of his attachment for Tarzan was still at all clear in the mind of the panther, though doubtless some subconscious suggestion, superinduced by this primary reason and aided and abetted by the habit of the past few days, did much to compel the beast to tolerate treatment at his hands that would have sent it at the throat of any other creature.

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The subconscious thought that animated him was that on a night like this something was bound to happen sooner or later.

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Daylight travelled without a watch, feeling the passage of time and largely estimating it by subconscious processes.

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It's the way life has been made." Helen in those days was over-interested in the subconscious self.