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Subconscious Mind Noun Adjective Consciousness Mental Activities Aware

Title subconscious
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
sub·con·scious
I
\\ˌsəb-ˈkän(t)-shəs, ˈsəb-\\ adjective
 DATE  circa 1834
: existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness
    a subconscious motive
sub·con·scious·ly adverb
sub·con·scious·ness noun

II
noun
 DATE  1886
: the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness
English Etymology
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
subconscious
sub·con·scious / 7sQb5kCnFEs; NAmE -5kB:n- / 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
OLT
subconscious adj.
⇨ unconscious
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
sub·conscious
I. \|səb+\ adjective
Etymology: sub- + conscious
1. : 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 >
sub·consciously \“+\ adverb
sub·consciousness \“+\ noun
II. 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

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