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collective unconscious

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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