Unconscious definition
The division of the mind in psychoanalytic theory containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed desires, that are not subject to conscious perception or control but that often affect conscious thoughts and behavior.
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Occurring in the absence of conscious awareness or thought.
Unconscious resentment; unconscious fears.
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Temporarily lacking consciousness.
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Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception; not conscious.
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Not known, realized, or intended; not done, said, etc. on purpose.
An unconscious habit, unconscious humor.
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Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception; not conscious.
adjective
Occurring in the absence of conscious awareness or thought.
Unconscious resentment; unconscious fears.
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Without conscious control; involuntary or unintended.
An unconscious mannerism.
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Not aware of one's own existence; not conscious of self.
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The definition of unconscious is lacking awareness or done without realizing, or it is knocked-out, sleeping or comatose.
When you make a gesture automatically without thinking about it, this is an example of an unconscious gesture.
When you are hit on the head and you pass out, this is an example of a time when you are unconscious.
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Having to do with those of one's mental processes that one is unable to bring into one's consciousness.
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(sports) Engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
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Without conscious control; involuntary or unintended.
An unconscious mannerism.
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Not aware (of)
Unconscious of his mistake.
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Not endowed with consciousness; mindless.
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Temporarily deprived of consciousness.
Unconscious from a blow on the head.
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Temporarily lacking consciousness.
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The division of the mind in psychoanalytic theory containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed desires, that are not subject to conscious perception or control but that often affect conscious thoughts and behavior.
noun
the unconscious
- 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
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the unconscious