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foreconscious

[fawr-kon-shuh s, fohr-]
noun Psychology.
  1. 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

Historical Examples

  • So far, Uncle and Mary are still having it out atavistically in my foreconscious.

    Bizarre

    Lawton Mackall

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

    Dream Psychology

    Sigmund Freud

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

    Dream Psychology

    Sigmund Freud

  • This persistent wish to sleep on the part of the foreconscious in general facilitates the formation of the dream.

    Dream Psychology

    Sigmund Freud

  • The processes depending on the foreconscious system are destructible in a different way.

    Dream Psychology

    Sigmund Freud

foreconscious in Medicine

foreconscious

(fôr′kŏn′shəs)
adj.
  1. Capable of being called into the conscious mind but not currently in the realm of consciousness.
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n.
  1. 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
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