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foreconscious

American  
[fawr-kon-shuhs, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌkɒn ʃəs, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

Psychology.
  1. the preconscious.


Etymology

Origin of foreconscious

First recorded in 1920–25; fore- + conscious

Example Sentences

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In consequence of this retardation of the foreconscious occupation a large sphere of the memory material remains inaccessible.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

It is certain that no one who wholly lacks this power of retreat from the surface, and has failed thus to mobilize his foreconscious energies, can live a spiritual life.

From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn

All other processes in the system, even those in the foreconscious, are devoid of any psychic quality, and are therefore not objects of consciousness inasmuch as they do not furnish pleasure or pain for perception.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

The first part expended itself progressively from the unconscious scenes or phantasies to the foreconscious, while the second part gravitates from the advent of the censor back to the perceptions.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

Methodists, 15, 53, 286 Mind, analysis of, 76, seq. foreconscious, 117, seq. instinctive, 89, seq.,

From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn

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