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subconscious, a. and n.|sʌbˈkɒnʃəs|
[sub- 19.]
A. adj.
1. Psychol.
a. Partially or imperfectly conscious; belonging to a class of phenomena resembling those of consciousness but not clearly perceived or recognized.
b. Pertaining to the subconscious; belonging to that portion of the mental field the processes of which are outside the range of attention.
1832–4De Quincey Cæsars Wks. 1862 IX. 137 note, The Emperor Hadrian had taken one solitary step..in the elevation of human nature; and not..without some sub⁓conscious influence received directly or indirectly from Christianity. a1841― Pope Wks. 1858 IX. 42 How much grander and more faithful to that great theme [Christianity] were the subconscious perceptions of his heart than the explicit commentaries of his understanding. 1886Myers Phantasms of Living II. 285 There exist sub-conscious and unconscious operations of many kinds; both organic, as secretion, circulation, &c.,..and also mental, as the recall of names, the development of ideas, &c. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 48/1 Subconscious presentations may tell on conscious life..although lacking either the differences of intensity or the individual distinctness requisite to make them definite features. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 151 To cultivate the highest powers of the body and mind is to strengthen self-control and that subconscious inhibition which govern us in our habits of life.
c. transf.
1893Min. 8th Nat. Council Congr. Ch. U.S. 54 This spirit that has always existed in the sub-conscious life of the Church is now rising into the light of consciousness. 1899Daily News 7 Jan. 6/4 A sketch of himself..has a subconscious humour one would not have suspected.
2. Partly or imperfectly aware.
1864Hawthorne Septimius (1883) 352 He was subconscious that he was trying a bold experiment. 1879Lewes Probl. Life & Mind Ser. iii. i. vii. 104 While obeying the prevailing impulse we are conscious and sub-conscious of simultaneous solicitations in different directions.
B. absol. as n. Psychol. The part of the mind that is not fully conscious but is able to influence actions, etc.
1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 48/1 We cannot fix the limit at which the subconscious becomes the absolutely unconscious. 1890J. M. Baldwin Handbk. Psychol. (ed. 2) iv. 57 This whole field in its relation to consciousness has been well called the sub-conscious, from the fact that images formerly in consciousness have now fallen below the threshold, but may rise again..when the stimulation of the centres is sufficient. 1914[see co-conscious a. and n.]. 1928H. G. & C. F. Baynes tr. Jung's Two Essays Anal. Psychol. v. 67 The personal unconscious, of which I also speak as the ‘subconscious’, in contrast to the absolute or collective unconscious, contains forgotten memories, suppressed..painful ideas..apperceptions sometimes described as below the threshold (subliminal). 1934J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice xvi. 187 There's a guy in No. 7 that murdered his brother, and says he didn't really do it, his subconscious did it. 1957V. Packard Hidden Persuaders iii. 27 With all this interest in manipulating the customer's subconscious, the old slogan ‘let the buyer beware’ began taking on a new and more profound meaning. 1977B. Pym Quartet in Autumn i. 6 Something of this may have been in Norman's subconscious as he turned the pages of his newspaper. |