Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,897,800,736 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

collective unconscious
(redirected from Collective unconsciousness)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
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.

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

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.

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.

unconscious [un-kon´shus]
1. insensible; incapable of responding to sensory stimuli and of having subjective experiences.
2. the part of the mind that is not readily accessible to conscious awareness by ordinary means but whose existence may be manifested in symptom formation, in dreams, or under the influence of drugs; it is one of the systems of Freud's topographic model of the mind.
collective unconscious in jungian psychology, the portion of the unconscious that is theoretically common to mankind.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
 
And thereÕs this fantastic landscape, a sort of collective unconsciousness of the West thatÕs lying out on the edge of the city and expanding out and out.
In a similar collective unconsciousness, "the financial institutions in Nigeria are pinnacles of corruption.
God as the collective unconsciousness knows that as long as the hero keeps entering the labyrinth clutching Ariadne''s thread only to return through the same way he left that it is the thread it''s self that prevents him finding the other side of the maze.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.