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unconscious definition

un·con·scious (-kän′s̸həs)

adjective

    1. not endowed with consciousness; mindless
    2. temporarily deprived of consciousness unconscious from a blow on the head
  2. not aware (of) unconscious of his mistake
  3. not known, realized, or intended; not done, said, etc. on purpose an unconscious habit, unconscious humor
  4. not aware of one's own existence; not conscious of self
  5. having to do with those of one's mental processes that one is unable to bring into one's consciousness

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the unconscious

Psychoanalysis the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior; that part of one's psyche which comprises repressed material of this nature

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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