subconsciousness
The part of the psyche just below consciousness and capable of bursting into consciousness. For example, a repressed sexual desire is part of our subconsciousness, although we may at some time become conscious of it.
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How to use subconsciousness in a sentence
An exultant subconsciousness told her that, until he found her, there would be no woman in the world for him.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerBut maybe these decisions are not altogether satisfactory to the subconsciousness.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairFirst, we know that to all appearances the consciousness and the subconsciousness are bound up with the body.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairBut here again we run up against the problem of the subconsciousness, with its infinite mass of "forgotten" knowledge.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairIt might, indeed, be compared with pure subconsciousness in which series of processes occur without our knowing it.
Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
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