SUBCONSCIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subconscious mean? 

• SUBCONSCIOUS (noun)
  The noun SUBCONSCIOUS has 1 sense:

1. psychic activity just below the level of awareness

  Familiarity information: SUBCONSCIOUS used as a noun is very rare.

• SUBCONSCIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective SUBCONSCIOUS has 1 sense:

1. just below the level of consciousness

  Familiarity information: SUBCONSCIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCONSCIOUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Psychic activity just below the level of awareness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

subconscious; subconscious mind

Hypernyms ("subconscious" is a kind of...):

brain; head; mind; nous; psyche (that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason)

Derivation:

subconscious (just below the level of consciousness)

• SUBCONSCIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Just below the level of consciousness

Similar:

unconscious (not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead)

Derivation:

subconscious (psychic activity just below the level of awareness)

subconsciousness (a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness)

 Context examples 

Your twelfth house, associated with the subconscious, is strongly linked with your psychological health, so if there is anything that has troubled you, this is the ideal month to start seeing a therapist.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"An unduly long summer," would have been his thought had he thought about it; as it was, he merely missed the snow in a vague, subconscious way.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This part of your chart reflects your innermost thoughts, where creative ideas surface deep from within your subconscious.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

And there was a subconscious resentment that these, his kind, at first sight had pitched upon him and tried to destroy him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The twelfth house is associated with improving your mind, body, and spirit and is strongly linked to the subconscious mind.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The ideas that come to you now will emanate deep from within your subconscious, a well of unfathomable depth and a well-spring of new ideas.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)