foreconscious

[ fawr-kon-shuhs, fohr- ]

noun

, Psychology.

1. the preconscious.

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreconscious¹

First recorded in 1920–25; fore- + conscious

Example Sentences

Her lips said "The foreconscious self always has its reasons for hiding up the things the unconscious self knows and feels."

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So far, Uncle and Mary are still having it out atavistically in my foreconscious.

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But the contribution from the foreconscious, which is missing here, may be found in another place.

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The dream would not originate if the foreconscious wish were not reinforced from another source.

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This persistent wish to sleep on the part of the foreconscious in general facilitates the formation of the dream.

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