collective unconscious

collective unconscious definition - medical

col·lec·tive unconscious (kə-lĕkˈtĭv)

noun
In Jungian psychology, a part of the unconscious mind that is shared by a society, a people, or all humankind. The product of ancestral experience, it contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality.

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