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foreconscious

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[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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But the contribution from the foreconscious, which is missing here, may be found in another place.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

All three cases finally combine in one issue, so that there is established in the foreconscious a stream of thought which, having been abandoned by the foreconscious occupation, receives occupation from the unconscious wish.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

The dream would not originate if the foreconscious wish were not reinforced from another source.

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

Her lips said "The foreconscious self always has its reasons for hiding up the things the unconscious self knows and feels."

From Dangerous Ages by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

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