Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
sub·con·scious \\ˌsəb-ˈkän(t)-shəs, ˈsəb-\\ adjective DATE circa 1834
: existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness
a subconscious motive
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sub·con·scious·ly adverb
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sub·con·scious·ness nounnoun DATE 1886
: the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness
subconscious
subconscious (adj.) 1823, "not wholly conscious" (implied in subconsciously), from sub- + conscious. First attested in De Quincey. The noun, in the psychological sense, is attested from 1886; earlier subconsciousness (1874).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
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adjective [usually before noun]
connected with feelings that influence your behaviour even though you are not aware of them
下意识的;潜意识的:
subconscious desires 下意识的欲望
the subconscious mind 潜意识⇨ compare
conscious
,
unconscious
• sub·con·scious·ly adv.:
Subconsciously, she was looking for the father she had never known. 她在下意识地寻找自己从未见过的父亲。 nounthe / your subconscious
[sing.]
the part of your mind that contains feelings that you are not aware of
下意识;潜意识⇨ compare
unconscious
subconscious adj.
⇨ unconscious
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
sub·consciousI. \|səb+\
adjectiveEtymology: sub- + conscious1. : existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness
: affecting thought, feeling, and behavior without entering awareness
< subconscious motive >
< subconscious reflex >
— compare
unconscious
2. : imperfectly conscious
: partially but not fully aware
< the persistence of subconscious dream activity for several minutes after waking — Psychological Abstracts >
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sub·consciously \“+\
adverb
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sub·consciousness \“+\
nounII. noun : the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness; also : the aspect of the mind concerned with such activities that is an entity or a part of the mental apparatus overlapping, equivalent to, or distinct from the unconscious