UNCONSCIOUS MIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unconscious mind mean? 

• UNCONSCIOUS MIND (noun)
  The noun UNCONSCIOUS MIND has 1 sense:

1. that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware

  Familiarity information: UNCONSCIOUS MIND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCONSCIOUS MIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

unconscious; unconscious mind

Hypernyms ("unconscious mind" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "unconscious mind"):

superego ((psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience)

id ((psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity)