sub·con·scious
ˌsəb-ˈkän(t)-shəs 
ˈsəb-
: existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness
a subconscious motive
subconsciousness
noun
: the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness
Examples of subconscious in a Sentence
Noun
A person's behavior can be influenced by urges that exist only in the subconscious.
Those feelings had been hidden in her subconscious.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Inspired by The Sopranos episode in which Tony gets food poisoning and has a series of fever dreams about betrayal, here Marge gets food poisoning and gets lost in her subconscious fears about Bart growing up.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Elizabeth Vartkessian, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
His themes are profound and his exploration of them sincere in films that are imbued with strange and haunting images that rattle around in your subconscious for far too long.
—Lindsey Bahr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024
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Adjective
Meanwhile, Jupiter in Gemini illuminates your 12th house of secrets, amplifying your subconscious mind and creative imagination.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Inspired by The Sopranos episode in which Tony gets food poisoning and has a series of fever dreams about betrayal, here Marge gets food poisoning and gets lost in her subconscious fears about Bart growing up.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
My subconscious has clearly been feeling the stress of a second Trump presidency and the potential increase in executions and other excessive punishments that will likely come.
—Elizabeth Vartkessian, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
His themes are profound and his exploration of them sincere in films that are imbued with strange and haunting images that rattle around in your subconscious for far too long.
—Lindsey Bahr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Subconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subconscious. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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subconscious
1 of 2 adjective
sub·con·scious
ˌsəb-ˈkän-chəs
ˈsəb-
: existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness
a subconscious motive
subconsciously
adverb
subconscious
2 of 2 noun
: the mental activities just below the limit of consciousness
Medical Definition
subconscious
1 of 2 adjective
sub·con·scious
ˌsəb-ˈkän-chəs, ˈsəb-
1
: existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness : affecting thought, feeling, and behavior without entering awareness
subconscious motives
a subconscious reflex
2
: imperfectly conscious : partially but not fully aware
the persistence of subconscious dream activity for several minutes after waking—Psychological Abstracts
Psychological Abstracts
subconsciously
adverb
subconsciousness
noun
subconscious
2 of 2 noun
: the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness
also
: the aspect of the mind concerned with such activities compare unconscious
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