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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.
unconscious [unkon′shəs] Etymology: ME, un + L, conscire, to be aware 1 unaware of the surrounding environment; insensible; incapable of responding to sensory stimuli. 2 (in psychiatry) the part of the mental function in which thoughts, ideas, emotions, or memories are beyond awareness and rarely subject to ready recall. It contains data that have never been conscious or that were conscious at one time, usually for a brief period, and later repressed. Compare preconscious. See also collective unconscious, personal unconscious. unconscious, n in hypnotherapy, the unconscious is viewed as sensory information not in current awareness. unconscious (unkon´sh adj insensible; not receiving any sensory impression and not having any subjective experiences. unconscious insensible; incapable of responding to sensory stimuli and of having subjective experiences. unconscious adjective 1. Not conscious, referring to a reflex movement 2. The psychic structure(s), per the psychoanalytic construct, of which a person is unaware Psychiatry That part of the mind or mental functioning of which the
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