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sub·con·scious
(sŭb-kŏn′shəs)adj.
Not wholly conscious; partially or imperfectly conscious:subconscious perceptions.
n.
The part of the mind below the level of conscious perception. Often used withthe.
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.
n
(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. Comparepreconscious2,unconscious5
subˈconsciouslyadv
subˈconsciousnessn
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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.
n. 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.
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subconscious
unconscious1.used as a noun
Yoursubconscious 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 mysubconscious.
2.used as an adjective
You can also usesubconscious as an adjective in front of a noun.
Thesubconscious mind forgets nothing.
He was urged on by somesubconscious desire to punish himself.
3.'unconscious'
You do not say that a person is 'subconscious'. If someone is not conscious, you say that they areunconscious.
The blow knocked himunconscious.
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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 |
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" |
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subconscious
noun
1.mind,psyche,essential being,imagination,inner selfthe hidden power of the subconscious
adjective
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Translations
تَحْت الوَعْي، دون الوَعْي
podvědomípodvědomý
underbevidstunderbevidsthed
alitajuinenpiilotajuinentiedostamaton
iš pasąmonėsnesąmoningaspasąmonė
neapzinātszemapziņazemapziņas-
bilinç altı
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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. bewusteloos تَحْت الوَعْي، دون الوَعْي подсъзнателен subconsciente podvědomí; podvědomý unterbewußt, das Unterbewußts(in) underbevidst; underbevidsthedυποσυνείδητοsubconsciente alateadlik, alateadvus نيمه هشيار alitajuntasubconscient תַּת הַכָּרָה अवचेतन podsvijest tudat alatti; (főnév:) tudatalatti bawah sadar dulvitaður; sem gerist í undirmeðvitundinnisubconscio,subcosciente 潜在意識の 무의식적인 nesąmoningas; pasąmonė zemapziņa; neapzināts; zemapziņas- separuh sedaronderbewustunderbevisst;underbevissthetenpodświadomy نیمه شعور subconsciente subconştient подсознательныи;подсознание podvedomie podzavesten; podzavest podsvestan undermedveten; det undermedvetna ที่อยู่ในจิตใต้สำนึก bilinç altı 潛意識的 підсвідомий تحت شعور tiềm thức, thuộc tiềm thức 潜意识的,下意识的
subˈconsciously adverb onbewus بصورةٍ لاواعِيَه подсъзнателно subconscientemente podvědomě unterbewußt underbevidst υποσυνείδηταsubconscientemente alateadlikult نيمه هشيارانه tiedostamattasubconsciemment תַּת הַכָּרָתִי अधस्त्वचीयता से podsvjesno tudat alatti módon; tudattalanul menurut bawah sadar á dulvitaðan hátt in maniera subconscia 潜在意識的に 무의식적으로 iš pasąmonės, nesąmoningai zemapziņā; neapzināti dengan separuh sedaronderbewustunderbevisst podświadomie په نیمه شعور سره subconscientemente în subconştient подсознательно podvedome podzavestno podsvesno undermedvetet อย่างมีสติ bilinçsizce 潛意識地 підсвідомо تحت الشعوری حیثیت سے thuộc tiềm thức 潜意识地,下意识地
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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.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
subconscious
adj subconsciente;n subconscienciaor subconcienciaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Morton Prince to say: "As I view this question of thesubconscious, far too much weight is given to the point of awareness or not awareness of our conscious processes.
"Cecil said one day--and I thought it so profound--that there are two kinds of cads--the conscious and thesubconscious." She paused again, to be sure of doing justice to Cecil's profundity.
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 mysubconscious hand might not find it.
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 asubconscious act of which I am not objectively aware.
He was a psycho-pathologist, as well as a student of art, and thesubconscious had few secrets from him.
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 thesubconscious projection of my knowledge of evolution into my dreams.
When Michael was asleep, then it was that pack-memories sometimes arose to the surface of hissubconscious mind.
It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious andsubconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.
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 somesubconscious 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.
Thesubconscious thought that animated him was that on a night like this something was bound to happen sooner or later.
Daylight travelled without a watch, feeling the passage of time and largely estimating it bysubconscious processes.
It's the way life has been made." Helen in those days was over-interested in thesubconscious self.
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