Subliminal Definition

sŭb-lĭmə-nəl
adjective
Below the threshold of consciousness or apprehension; specif., involving or using stimuli intended to take effect subconsciously by repetition.
Webster's New World
Inadequate to produce conscious awareness but able to evoke a response.
Subliminal propaganda.
American Heritage Medicine
The definition of subliminal is something that is not easily perceived; but may be remembered due to constant repetition.
An example of subliminal used as an adjective is the phrase "subliminal message," which means a message that may be remembered even if the person was not consciously aware of the message.
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Origin of Subliminal

  • Morphologically sub- + Latin lÄ«men (“threshold") (genitive lÄ«minis) + -al, a calque of German unterschwellig (“beneath the threshold").

    From Wiktionary

  • sub– Latin līmen līmin- threshold

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Subliminal Sentence Examples

  • The subliminal elements of creating a good atmosphere and product personality, are keys to making a lasting, favorable impression with your target market.

  • Its modern extension to all forms of impression supposed to convey information as to the future is justified on the assumption that such intimations commonly originate in the subliminal consciousness of the percipient and are thence transferred to the ordinary consciousness.

  • These open offices where people were constantly moving and passing behind stationary workers created a situation known as Subliminal Distraction.

  • Radio is, like posters, almost subliminal in the way it operates.

  • At the very least, it may help your body adapt on a subliminal level to the overarching characteristics of cheerleading motions.

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SSUSUB

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LALNAL

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