unconscious

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
  2. adjective not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
  3. adjective without conscious volition

Etymology

From un- + conscious.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unconscious mind

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