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unconscious Definition

un·con·scious (-kän′s̸həs)

adjective

    1. not endowed with consciousness; mindless
    2. temporarily deprived of consciousness unconscious from a blow on the head
  2. not aware (of) unconscious of his mistake
  3. not known, realized, or intended; not done, said, etc. on purpose an unconscious habit, unconscious humor
  4. not aware of one's own existence; not conscious of self
  5. having to do with those of one's mental processes that one is unable to bring into one's consciousness

  • unconsecrated
unconscious Related Forms
un·con′·sciously adverb un·con′·scious·ness noun
unconscious Idioms

the unconscious

Psychoanalysis the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior; that part of one's psyche which comprises repressed material of this nature

unconscious Synonyms

unconscious

modif.

  1. Comatose

    insensible, swooning, in a state of suspended animation, torpid, lethargic, benumbed, inanimate, bereft of senses, senseless, insensate, drowsy, numb, inert, paralyzed, palsied, tranced, entranced, in a stupor, in a coma, in a trance, stupefied, raving, out of one's head, out like a light*, knocked out*; see also motionless 1.

    Antonyms conscious*, vivacious, awake.

  2. Unaware

    inattentive, lost, ignorant, out of it*; see careless 1, oblivious.

unconscious Synonyms

unconscious

n.

psyche, subliminal self, instinct, motive force; see memory 1, mind 1.

unconscious Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • floor: They were all unconscious on the floor of the kitchen clutching their stomachs.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • render: The effect is not intended nor is likely to render the subject unconscious.

Adjective modifier

  • collective: I think the collective unconscious had built up enough steam, perhaps from deep, cringing despair, for breakthrough.

Modifies a noun

  • phantasy: A collection of her most important papers, topics include projective identification and unconscious phantasy.
  • mind: The unconscious minds ultimate priority is to assure your survival.
  • casualty: Provide buoyancy for an unconscious casualty on the surface.
  • incompetence: What better way to lift a learner out of that comfortable state of ' unconscious incompetence ' ?
  • imitation: He hissed through his teeth, in unconscious imitation of a popular favorite in melodrama, " Him shall she never wed!
  • motive: Finally the goal of Psychotherapy is to reveal the unconscious motives, fears and anxieties that are being manifest in debilitating mental symptoms.

Modifying Another Word

  • largely: It should be remembered that in Freud's schema the superego is also largely unconscious.
  • deeply: Coma When a person is in a coma, they are deeply unconscious and don't respond to anything going on around them.
  • apparently: DON'T Lay an apparently unconscious badger loose in the back of a car.
  • almost: I hope they relate to the viewer in a spiritual almost unconscious way.
  • perhaps: Lewis Nixon was the convenient and perhaps unconscious " Gentile front.

Used with adjective complement

  • knock: When they saw me I could not speak; I had been knocked unconscious the day before and my throat was damaged.
  • render: Victims are rendered unconscious for up to six hours.
  • slump: The sedative in the rag works quickly and she slumps unconscious within seconds.
  • lie: On the evening of 1st January 1907, Tommy was found lying unconscious in an entry off Bridge Street.
  • fall: I gradually fell unconscious, only to wake up the next morning, still on the hill, feeling awful.
  • beat: A severely disabled man was beaten unconscious on his way home from a pub by three youths.