collective unconscious (redirected from Collective unconsciousness)

unconscious /un·con·scious/ (un-kon´shus)

1. insensible; incapable of responding to sensory stimuli and of having subjective experiences.

2. the part of the mind not readily accessible to conscious awareness but whose existence may be manifested in symptom formation, in dreams, or under the influence of drugs.

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collective unconscious  the elements of the unconscious that are theoretically common to mankind.

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col·lec·tive unconscious (k-lktv)

n.

In Jungian psychology, a part of the unconscious mind that is shared by a society, a people, or all humankind. The product of ancestral experience, it contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality.

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collective unconscious

Etymology: L, colligere, to gather; AS, un, not; L, conscious, aware

(in analytic psychology) that portion of the unconscious common to all humans. Also called racial unconscious. See also analytic psychology.