supraliminal

[soo-pruh-lim-uh-nl]

adjective

Psychology.

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

supraliminal

/ ˌsjuː-, ˌsuːprəˈlɪmɪnəl /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• supraliminally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of supraliminal¹

First recorded in 1890–95; supra- + liminal

Example Sentences

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

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Communication must exist from the subliminal to the subliminal as well as from the supraliminal to the supraliminal parts of the being of different individual men.

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The actual optical perception had thus been subliminally transformed; the words Verbascum Thapsus were the report to the inattentive supraliminal self by a subliminal self more interested in botany than in dinner.

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It seems likely, at any rate, that the greater part of the contents of our supraliminal consciousness may be determined in some such fashion as this, by natural selection so operating as to keep ready to hand those perceptions which are most needed for the conduct of life.

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But I may note here that just such occasional quickenings of faculty were, in my view, almost certain to accompany that instability of psychical threshold which is the distinguishing characteristic of hysteria, since I hold that subliminal faculty habitually overpasses supraliminal.

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Related Words

• attentive 
• aware 
• certain 
• cognizant 
• informed 
• keen 
• mindful 
• responsive 
• sensible 
• sure 
• vigilant 
• watchful