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subconscious definition

sub·con·scious (sub kän′s̸həs)

adjective

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

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subconscious Idioms

the subconscious

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

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