unconscious

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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un·con·scious (n-knshs)

adj.

1. Of or in a state of unconsciousness; not conscious.

2. Occurring in the absence of conscious awareness or thought, as an emotion or motive.

3. Without conscious control; involuntary or unintended.

n.

In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the mind containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed desires, that are not subject to conscious perception or control but that often affect conscious thoughts and behavior.

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un·conscious·ly adv.

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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.

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unconscious,

n in hypnotherapy, the unconscious is viewed as sensory information not in current awareness.

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unconscious (unkon´shs),

adj insensible; not receiving any sensory impression and not having any subjective experiences.

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unconscious

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

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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 content is only rarely subject to awareness; it is a repository for data that have never been conscious–primary repression or that may have been conscious briefly and later repressed–secondary repression