preconscious

[pree-kon-shuhs]

adjective

1. Psychoanalysis.,  absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.

2. occurring prior to the development of consciousness.

noun

1. the preconscious portion of the mind; foreconscious.

preconscious

/ priːˈkɒnʃəs /

adjective

1. psychol prior to the development of consciousness

noun

1. psychoanal mental contents or activity not immediately in consciousness but readily brought there

Other Word Forms

• preconsciousness noun
• preconsciously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of preconscious¹

First recorded in 1855–60; pre- + conscious