unconscious
/ʌnˈkɒnʃəs
/adjective
1Not awake and aware of and responding to one’s environment: [as complement]: the boy was beaten unconscious...
- There was no way that he and Poe could face what came next while trying to manage and unconscious body as well.
- A few minutes later she sat beside his unconscious body on the couch, just looking at him.
- They carried two poles which they began lashing onto the reed mat beneath David's unconscious body.
Synonyms
knocked out, insensible, senseless, insentient, insensate, passed out, comatose, in a coma, inert;
stunned, dazed, stupefied, torpid, befuddled, benumbed, numb;
collapsed, keeled over, motionless, immobile, prostrate
informal out cold, out for the count, blacked out, KO'd, kayoed, out like a light, laid out, flaked out, out, dead to the world
British informal spark out
rare soporose, soporous
2Done or existing without one realizing: he would wipe back his hair in an unconscious gesture of annoyance...
- The court system still seems to have an automatic and perhaps unconscious reflex to tell people the minimum necessary.
- Zander dismissed the statement with a wave of his hand, an almost unconscious gesture.
- Val went on to name the other men and Scott's hand went to his right temple in an unconscious gesture.
Synonyms
unintentional, unintended, accidental, unthinking, unwitting, inadvertent, unpremeditated, unplanned;
uncalculating, chance;
natural, innate, inherent, unlearned, instinctive, automatic, mechanical, reflex, involuntary, knee-jerk, uncontrolled, spontaneous, subliminal, subconscious, latent, suppressed, sleeping, deep
informal gut, bottled up
2.1 (unconscious of) Unaware of: ‘What is it?’ he said again, unconscious of the repetition...
- It is the Canadian federal government's aim - though they may be unconscious of it - to hasten the day when no tree is left to cut, and all jobs, and the communities they sustain, collapse.
- I was in Mexico a few weeks ago, blithely unconscious of the Zapatistas.
- Though unconscious of them, such memories are claimed to be significant causal factors in shaping conscious thought and behavior.
Synonyms
heedless, unheeding, unmindful, disregardful, disregarding, taking no notice;
oblivious to, insensible to, blind to, deaf to, impervious to, unaffected by, unconcerned by, indifferent to, detached from, removed from;
unaware, ignorant, in ignorance, unknowing, unsuspecting, unenlightened
informal in the dark
rare incognizant, nescient
noun (the unconscious)
The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions: horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious...
- Cognitive scientist Guy Claxton has unearthed the unconscious throughout history.
- I had stumbled upon the historical counterpart of my psychology of the unconscious.
- I believe that writer and analyst are seeking forms or elements in common which come from the unconscious.
Synonyms
subconscious mind, subconscious, unconscious mind, psyche, ego, superego, id, inner self, innermost self, self, inner man/woman
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