| word | subliminal |
|---|---|
| definition | Not quite strong enough to be sensed or perceived consciously. |
| eg_sentence | A few worried parents claimed that some heavy-metal songs contain subliminal messages—in the form of words recorded backwards—that urge young fans to take up devil worship. |
| explanation | Since the Latin word limen means “threshold,” something subliminal exists just below the threshold of conscious awareness. The classic example of a subliminal message is “Eat popcorn” flashed on a movie screen so quickly that the audience doesn't even notice it consciously. Actually, no such advertising has ever been shown to work. But ordinary ads, both in print and on TV, do contain all kinds of images that shape our response to the product being advertised even when we don't realize it. Try looking carefully at some ads that you like, in order to discover how many ways they may be subliminally affecting you. |
| IPA | səˈblɪmɪnəl |
Tags: mwvb::unit:21, mwvb::unit:21:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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