subconscious
Below awareness level
The subconscious is the part of the mind that operates below conscious awareness—thoughts, memories, and impulses that influence behavior without being directly accessible.
Subconsciously, she'd been avoiding him for weeks.
The term is looser than the technical unconscious in psychology, often used interchangeably in everyday speech: My subconscious must have known something was wrong.
Total mental life
- subliminalBelow threshold of awareness
- undercurrentFlow beneath the surface
- shadowLight blocked by object
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
hidden · underlying · suppressed · repressed · dormant · latent · implicit · covert
Unconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
Freudian · Jungian · archetype · neurosis · transference · defence mechanism · libido · projection
Sudden urge to act
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- automaticOperating without intervention
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- innateExisting since birth
primal · urge · reflex · instinctual · hardwired · visceral · survival · fight-or-flight
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
inkling · instinct · feeling · sense · nagging · whisper · nudge · knowing
Terrifying sleep experiences
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- REMAcronym for dreaming phase
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
symbols · imagery · wish fulfillment · dreamwork · interpretation · recurring · vivid · surreal
Idea proposed for consideration
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- programmingWriting software instructions
advertising · manipulation · persuasion · subliminal message · pattern · trigger · association · Pavlovian
psyche
Total mental life
- subliminalBelow threshold of awareness
- undercurrentFlow beneath the surface
- shadowLight blocked by object
buried · hidden · underlying · suppressed · repressed · dormant · latent · implicit · covert · veiled
id
Unconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
psychoanalysis · Freudian · Jungian · archetype · neurosis · transference · defence mechanism · libido · projection · displacement
impulse
Sudden urge to act
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- automaticOperating without intervention
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
innate · primal · urge · reflex · instinctual · hardwired · visceral · survival · fight-or-flight · knee-jerk
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
insight · inkling · instinct · feeling · sense · nagging · whisper · nudge · knowing · impression
nightmares
Terrifying sleep experiences
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- REMAcronym for dreaming phase
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
sleep · symbols · imagery · wish fulfillment · dreamwork · interpretation · recurring · vivid · surreal · oneiric
suggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
programming · advertising · manipulation · persuasion · subliminal message · pattern · trigger · association · Pavlovian · brainwashing
- Psyche Artoutsider art, introspection, inner world, catharsis, emotional release
- "Sub-" wordssubway, submarine, subtract, subject, suburb
- inner lifeidentity, feelings, memory, thoughts, self-discovery
- mental conceptsthought, thinking, ideas, concepts, memory
- hidden thingssecrets, motives, agendas, subtext, undercurrents
- psychology termsmotivation, habits, self-knowledge, stress, intuition
subconsciousconscious
Mentally present and alert
consciousness · aware · awake · alert · mindful
subconscioussurface
Outermost boundary layer
superficial · overt · manifest · explicit · outer
subconsciousdeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
intentional · rational · reasoned · calculated · analytical
- subconscious mindMental processes beneath awareness
- subconscious thoughtsMental content below awareness
- subconscious influenceBelow-awareness mental pressure
- subconscious patternsRecurring mental tendencies below awareness