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SUBCONSCIOUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Psychic activity just below the level of awareness
Synonyms:
subconscious; subconscious mind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subconscious" is a kind of...):
brain; head; mind; nous; psyche (that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason)
Derivation:
subconscious (just below the level of consciousness)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Just below the level of consciousness
Classified under:
Similar:
unconscious (not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead)
Derivation:
subconscious (psychic activity just below the level of awareness)
subconsciousness (a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness)
