subconscious

subconscious /sub·con·scious/ (sub-kon´shus)

1. imperfectly or partially conscious.

2. formerly, the preconscious and unconscious considered together.

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sub·con·scious (sb-knshs)

adj.

Not wholly conscious; partially or imperfectly conscious.

n.

The part of the mind below the level of conscious perception.

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sub·conscious·ly adv.

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subconscious,

n the state in which mental processes take place without the mind's being distinctly conscious of its own activity.