subconsciously

adverb

sub·​con·​scious·​ly ˌsəb-ˈkän(t)-shəs-lē 

ˈsəb-

: in a subconscious manner : without conscious awareness

As far as she's concerned, it's great to see men acknowledge, whether explicitly or subconsciously, that it's OK to want to care about looking nice, and that wearing something you look good in can make you feel better.

—Anna-Maria Goossens

If something that you perceive arouses in you a painful emotion, you may subconsciously suppress or deny your perception in order to avoid the unbearable pain, even though the practical results of ignoring your perception may prove ultimately disastrous.

—Jared Diamond

Examples of subconsciously in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If your voice doesn’t carry, people subconsciously assume your message lacks weight. —Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025

So much of Lynch’s work is about dreams and about the things that people subconsciously desire or fear or yearn for, and so many of those things are also expressed through songs. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025

This means that, consciously or subconsciously, many probably expected the price of Netflix to rise. —Callum Booth, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025

In other words, humanity as a whole looks up to celebrities, subconsciously seeing them as different and above to regular people. —Callum Booth, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for subconsciously

• consciously
• unconsciously