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

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

Consider now that half-lit region which is called the foreconscious mind; for this is of special interest to the spiritual life.

From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn

In consequence of this retardation of the foreconscious occupation a large sphere of the memory material remains inaccessible.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

This wish now endeavors to make its way to consciousness on the normal path of the mental processes through the foreconscious, to which indeed it belongs through one of its constituent elements.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund

We must bear in mind the expediency elsewhere universally demonstrated, and ask ourselves why the dream or the unconscious wish has the power to disturb sleep, i.e. the fulfillment of the foreconscious wish.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund