in the theory of C. G. Jung, the part of the unconscious mind that each human being inherits along with all other human beings: it contains certain patterns, or archetypes, present in all cultures
See collective unconscious in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
In Jungian psychology, a part of the unconscious mind, shared by a society, a people, or all humankind, that is the product of ancestral experience and contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality.