subconscious

subconscious Definition

sub·con·scious (sub kän′s̸həs)

adjective

occurring without conscious perception, or with only slight perception, on the part of the individual: said of mental processes and reactions
not fully conscious; imperfectly aware

subconscious Related Forms

sub·con′·sciously adverb sub·con′·scious·ness noun

subconscious Idioms

the subconscious

subconscious mental activity: a term, now obs. in psychiatry, that was formerly used to include the preconscious and the unconscious

subconscious Synonyms

modif.

subconscious Synonyms

subconsciousness, preconscious, inner self, mind; see psyche, soul 2.

subconscious Usage Examples

Converse of object

become: At the astral death in heaven, the ego is forced to become subconscious.
access: Accessing the subconscious He cites, for example, a non-autistic student whose calculating skills rival those of the best mathematical savants.
have: Physical, visual and auditory stimuli can have powerful subconscious learning effects.
allow: With hypnosis we relax, focus and close down the conscious mind allowing the subconscious to open.
give: Abreaction gives the subconscious mind the opportunity to release the buried anxiety.
make: What is the point of making the old ego subconscious at the moment of rebirth?

Preposition: at

Converse of subject

Adjective modifier

collective: Once established in the collective subconscious of policy makers, however, these ideas can be amazingly hard to dislodge.
human: Also, however honest the researchers, there is enormous scope for the human subconscious to intrude in order to optimize the results.
own: The call had come from her own creative subconscious.
conscious: This picture sees the brain in terms of conscious plus subconscious.
station's: How do we know the whole thing is not a product of the station's subconscious?

Modifies a noun

mind: Using the subconscious mind is the fastest way to create calm.
personality: The minute you got near that machine and opened the receiver, waves from your subconscious personality flowed into it.
determinism: When anxiety becomes attached to the memory of an event it causes the problem of subconscious determinism.
motivation: The problem that faces almost everyone is learning to change subconscious motivation.
hatred: My self-analysis had made me aware of my intense level of subconscious hatred toward her.
desire: About all men having a subconscious desire to kill their fathers.

Possessives

client: These tangible metaphors become anchors or triggers, impressed upon the client's subconscious.

subconscious Quotes

Newartists must break a hole in the subconscious and go fishing there.

—Hale, Robert Beverly

Little subconscious mind, say I each night, bring home the bacon.

—O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone

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