subliminal
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7.5
- adjective
- /səˈblɪmɪnəl/
- Specialized
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subliminal
- Many people believe that subliminal influences can affect our preferences without us realizing it.
- subliminal messages
Hi, there is a lot of subliminal effect of smells.
- Hi, there is a lot of subliminal effect of smells.
- I did not get some subliminal message to go and riot.
- To me, there are rhythms, but they're almost subliminal and they're of the kind that.
- I think that when you start doing for kids what they should do for themselves, you are giving them a subliminal message.
- And so she herself was my own positive subliminal aging message.
- And it's, I just, I just interviewed a the, the makers of the subliminal vision board app.
- And we we talk about subliminal messages how?
- And I think it is so powerful and subliminal and it's your, it's a storytelling art.
- So I didn't double D and I didn't maybe that was that put that for reason subliminal messaging double DS bosoms.
- So he's giving you subliminal messages that you might think is it just random sound?
Examples
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Perhaps the map has a subliminal appeal because the pattern of the galaxies looks like a human figure.
Academic text (1990) -
Hi, there is a lot of subliminal effect of smells.
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So in a sense I had then this subliminal message that came from an earlier experience.
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There are some subliminal messages in that movie.
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Subliminal messages... it's how you get people to do what you want without them knowing it.
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Maybe being exposed to all that had some kind of subliminal, postponed effect.
Fiction book (2002) -
The subliminal imagery in Choke is what gets under your skin.
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Subliminal messages-- they're all around us.
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But these hung decorations sent a subliminal message to prospective students and, more importantly, to their parents.
Fiction book (1993) -
The advertisement included a subliminal message intended to influence viewers' buying decisions.
Synonyms
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7.8
Very small or slight and hard to notice
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Noticing and reacting to pictures or sounds without being aware of them
How Perceptible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subliminal comes from sub- meaning 'under' and limen meaning 'threshold' or 'edge', a root you can see in the word 'limit'. So, subliminal literally means 'under the threshold' of consciousness, which is why a subliminal message is not noticed on purpose but can still affect your feelings or choices.