UNCONSCIOUS PROCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unconscious process mean? 

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

1. a mental process that you are not directly aware of

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCONSCIOUS PROCESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental process that you are not directly aware of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

process; unconscious process

Context example:

the process of denial

Hypernyms ("unconscious process" is a kind of...):

cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unconscious process"):

sleep talking; somniloquism; somniloquy (uttering speech while asleep)

condensation ((psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams)

defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)