subconsciousness

1. The part of the psyche just below consciousness and capable of bursting into consciousness. For example, a repressed sexual desire is part of our subconsciousness, although we may at some time become conscious of it.

Notes

The subconscious is not the same as the unconscious . Blinking, for example, is usually unconscious and occasionally conscious, but never subconscious.

Example Sentences

“It’s like some national subconsciousness that resurfaces,” said Geremie R. Barmé, a scholar in New Zealand who studies dissent in China.

From New York Times

The line could hardly describe Kaufman better, all the more so because it’s spoken by a character that may or may not be a figment of subconsciousness.

From Washington Times

Here we had the US president in not just a stream but a full torrent of subconsciousness.

From The Guardian

Since then, he said, “The play never left my subconsciousness.”

From Washington Post

They listened by meditating for several minutes, guided into the subconsciousness by Anders.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• consciousness
• mind
• recollection
• remembrance
• thought