foreconscious

[fawr-kon-shuh s, fohr-]

noun Psychology.

the preconscious.

Origin of foreconscious

First recorded in 1920–25; fore- + conscious

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Historical Examples of foreconscious

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.

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