foreconscious

American  

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

noun

Psychology.

1. the preconscious.

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Etymology

Origin of foreconscious

First recorded in 1920–25; fore- + conscious

Example Sentences

Since we know that the foreconscious is suspended during the night by the wish to sleep, we can proceed to an intelligent investigation of the dream process.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

But what is the relation of the foreconscious day remnants to the dream?

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

I was not frightened because I dreamed that my mother was dying, but I interpreted the dream in this manner in the foreconscious elaboration because I was already under the domination of the anxiety.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

But its further progress is now checked through the dormant state of the foreconscious; this system has apparently protected itself against invasion by diminishing its excitements.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund