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supraliminal

American  
[soo-pruh-lim-uh-nl] / ˌsu prəˈlɪm ə nl /

adjective

Psychology.
  1. being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.


supraliminal British  
/ ˌsjuː-, ˌsuːprəˈlɪmɪnəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to any stimulus that is above the threshold of sensory awareness Compare subliminal

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Other Word Forms

  • supraliminally adverb

Etymology

Origin of supraliminal

First recorded in 1890–95; supra- + liminal

Example Sentences

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The delivery model is considered supraliminal, using messages that are visible and processed cognitively.

From The Guardian

Cryptomnesia.—Submerged or subliminal memory of events forgotten by the supraliminal self.

From Project Gutenberg

At any rate, we have actually on record,—and that is what our argument needs,—a great series of id�es fixes, of various degrees of intensity, cured by suggestion;—cured, that is to say, by a subliminal setting in action of minute nervous movements which our supraliminal consciousness cannot in even the blindest manner manage to set to work.

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These may still be unified in the subliminal, but they need to be unified in the supraliminal also.

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Part of her personality is still alive to the danger, and modifies her movements, unknown to her supraliminal self.

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