unconscious
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4.3
- noun
- /ʌnˈkɒnʃəs/
- Informal
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inconsciente
- Each story is part of the collective unconscious: the instinctive, inherent intelligence that has also been called intuition (Cappon, 1994).
- collective unconscious
Let that connect with my unconscious and just come up to the surface.
- Let that connect with my unconscious and just come up to the surface.
- It must have been in your unconscious someplace prior.
- to a knowledge of the unconscious that was Freud.
- And often your unconscious will spot things that your conscious brain hasn't spotted.
- The collective unconscious or the collective consciousness, as some people call it.
- And then isn't the task of therapy then to bring to make the unconscious conscious?
- How would you help people with their unconscious on what's in their unconscious?
- Body still mind active states to access different aspects of our unconscious and cognition.
Examples
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And the fact that there was more in the unconscious than people had formerly thought.
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The relationship between ego and the unconscious might not be an adversarial split but rather a floating and permeable one.
Academic text (1992) -
Though as you said, the unconscious is not just one thing.
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However, the nature of the unconscious is considered different.
Academic text (1991) -
The unconscious is capable of anything.
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The association of water with the unconscious is a constant in the writing of those concerned with such issues.
Academic text (2001) -
And I think when you're in that state, all kinds of unconscious material can become available.
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For the discovery of the unconscious collapsed the old boundaries of interpretation.
Academic text (1990) -
They will be swayed by unconscious forces.
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The psychologist studied dreams to understand what the unconscious reveals about a person's inner thoughts.
Synonyms
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5.2
The part of your mind you are not fully aware of that influences your thoughts and actions
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4.4
Part of your mind that works without you noticing and shapes thoughts and actions
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4.1
Thoughts and feelings you are not aware of that affect your actions
The part of the mind that holds thoughts and memories we are not aware of
The part of your mind that works without you noticing
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
Thoughts and feelings you are not aware of that affect your actions
- Specialized
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4.8
A mental activity that happens without you noticing or controlling it
How Conscious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Unconscious as a noun comes from the adjective unconscious with un- 'not' and conscious 'aware', and psychologists used it to name the 'not aware' part of the mind. So the unconscious is the hidden part of our mind where thoughts and feelings live that we do not notice.