subconscious

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Recent Examples of subconscious Your subconscious mind processes thousands of data points your conscious mind doesn't register. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 Then there are issues of bias—subconscious or overt—in the workplace. Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025 Its archetype encourages us to dive deep into our feelings and connect with our subconscious realms. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025 But the longer Judith stays, the more subconscious images and emotions come to the surface. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subconscious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subconscious
Adjective
  • The alleged victim was reportedly knocked unconscious from the blow and hospitalized with a skull fracture and brain bleeding.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Stress, previous surgeries, traumatic experiences or even unconscious muscle tensing can also contribute to this pain.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Both these men think of interiors as subliminal ways to read someone’s psyche.
    Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The two musicians recently traded subliminal messages across social media indicating that cheating may be an issue for one party.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The issue of possible unmarked graves on the site has given the dispute its most visceral edge.
    Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Still others have a visceral reaction to giving a big company any kind of biometric info, regardless of security assurances.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Engineered to deliver booming bass at all volume levels, the speaker sports dual 58mm tweeters, a 165mm bass driver, a bass reflex tube and BlueAnt’s signature psycho-acoustic bass.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Common triggers include dehydration from illness, vasovagal syncope—a reflex response to nausea or pain—abnormal heart rhythms, and heart valve conditions such as aortic stenosis.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Behavioral research shows that people alarmed by sensational news tend to make reactive choices against their long-term interests.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Shifting the emphasis from basic budgeting to applied financial thought should assist people of all ages in making deliberate rather than reactive decisions.
    Martin Mulyadi, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As the protagonist Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1968), Duane Jones unveiled a distinct facet of pre-conditioned Black martyrdom.
    Malik Peay, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Is the show of regret a conditioned response associated with receiving a less severe punishment?
    Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2011
Adjective
  • As the self-sufficient adolescent Ari, Bateman delivers a performance wise beyond her years, with whip-smart comedic and dramatic timing born from instinctive avoidance.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Reasons Why Yelling at Kids Doesn't Work Yelling at your kids often feels like an instinctive reaction when anger or frustration takes over.
    Daryl Austin, Parents, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The clack-clack-clack of the spinning wheel and the announcing of the winning number tends to elicit a Pavlovian response from the audience.
    David Andreatta, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • After a decade, my body reacts in a Pavlovian way to its stimuli, the scroll of torsos, the dopamine of a red dot notification, a three-toned beep that perks you up in your chair.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Subconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subconscious. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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