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subconscious

subconscious

42 6.1
Thoughts or feelings you are not fully aware of that influence what you do
  • adjective
  • /səbˈkɒnʃəs/
translation icon : subconsciente
  • We need to go deep into his subconscious mind.
  • subconscious mind
  • conscious and subconscious
  • unconscious and subconscious

Now, that's just one subconscious block that keeps love away.

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Examples

  • According to some research, the subconscious mind cannot discriminate between fact and fiction.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The techniques for doing this already exist in your own subconscious mind, but they are buried.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I sort of maybe on a subconscious level thought, you know, stay away, see if you miss it.

  • But they feel a subconscious sense of security in the new way.

  • I feel that sometimes being with someone is a subconscious rush, but it is there.

    Blog text (2)
  • Understand why these things are in place, why your subconscious tells you these things are true and break them.

  • My subconscious mind assembled facts ahead of the rational.

  • People were expressing this relationship at a subconscious level through everyday practice, and perhaps it was rarely made explicit.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Part of that construction runs much deeper, exists on a subconscious level, and is archetypal.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Many self-help weight loss programs insist that there are hidden or subconscious reasons people choose to become fat.

Synonyms

subliminal
vssubconscious
  • Specialized
31 7.5

Not strong enough for you to notice but able to change your thoughts or actions

is about inner feelings just under awareness rather than external unnoticed signals
nonconscious
vssubconscious
  • Specialized
7.7

Mental processes in your mind that happen without your awareness and affect your actions

is about thoughts just below awareness and partially inaccessible

Antonyms

179 3.8

Awake and able to feel or notice things around you

Compounds

Part of your mind that works without you noticing and shapes thoughts and actions

How Conscious

conscious
179 3.8
subconscious
42 6.1
unconscious
243 4.2

Surface Forms

subconscious positive
subconsciousness positive

Morphology

subconscious = conscious (transparent) = sub + conscious

The prefix 'sub-' (under/below) combines with 'conscious' to yield the meaning 'below conscious awareness', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Subconscious comes from sub- 'under' and conscious 'aware', so it describes thoughts or feelings that sit 'under' your awareness and influence you without you knowing.