foreconscious

[fawr-kon-shuh s, fohr-]

noun Psychology.

the preconscious.

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Origin of foreconscious

First recorded in 1920–25; fore- + conscious

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Examples from the Web for foreconscious

Her lips said "The foreconscious self always has its reasons for hiding up the things the unconscious self knows and feels."
Dangerous Ages|Rose Macaulay
Consider now that half-lit region which is called the foreconscious mind; for this is of special interest to the spiritual life.
The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day|Evelyn Underhill
The processes depending on the foreconscious system are destructible in a different way.
Dream Psychology|Sigmund Freud
So far, Uncle and Mary are still having it out atavistically in my foreconscious.
Bizarre|Lawton Mackall

The dream would not originate if the foreconscious wish were not reinforced from another source.
Dream Psychology|Sigmund Freud

Medicine definitions for foreconscious

foreconscious

[fôr′kŏn′shəs]

adj.

Capable of being called into the conscious mind but not currently in the realm of consciousness.

n.

The part of the psyche that contains thoughts, feelings, and impulses that are not currently part of one's consciousness but that can be readily called into consciousness.preconscious