1. Not wholly conscious. 2. Denoting an idea or impression which is present in the mind, but of which there is at the time no conscious knowledge or realization. 3. That part of the mind that is outside conscious awareness.
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sub·con·scious .səb-'kän-chəs, 'səb- adj
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)>
sub·con·scious·ly adv
sub·con·scious·ness n
subconscious n 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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adj.
1. describing mental processes of which a person is not aware.
2. (in psychoanalysis) denoting the part of the mind that includes memories, motives, and intentions that are momentarily not present in consciousness but can more or less readily be recalled to awareness. Compare unconscious.
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sub·con·scious (səb-konґshəs) 1. imperfectly or partially conscious. 2. a lay term used to include the preconscious and unconscious.Medical dictionary. 2011.