subconsciousness
Below conscious awareness
Subconsciousness is the state or quality of being subconscious—the realm of mental activity that occurs below the level of conscious awareness.
The term overlaps with *the subconscious* but emphasizes the condition rather than the thing itself: In his subconsciousness, he knew something was wrong.
The word appears in psychological and philosophical contexts, though *subconscious* as a noun is more common.
Automated vehicle guidance system
- habitSettled regular tendency
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- subliminalBelow threshold of awareness
implicit · learned · procedural · ingrained · trained · routine · reflexive · programmed
Forcibly held down
- hiddenKept out of sight
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- dormantInactive but capable
- latentPresent but inactive
underlying · veiled · covert · unexpressed · internalized · unacknowledged · denied · forgotten
Unconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
shadow · archetype · psychoanalysis · neurosis · repression · libido · Oedipus · anima
Unproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
impression · inkling · sensing · knowing · discernment · foresight · perception · instinctive
autopilot
Automated vehicle guidance system
- habitSettled regular tendency
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- primingMaking ready beforehand
subliminal · implicit · learned · procedural · ingrained · trained · routine · reflexive · programmed · default
suppressed
Forcibly held down
latent · underlying · veiled · covert · unexpressed · internalized · unacknowledged · denied · forgotten · traumatic
id
Unconscious instinctual drives
Jung · shadow · archetype · psychoanalysis · neurosis · repression · libido · Oedipus · anima · animus
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- epiphanySudden profound insight
revelation · impression · inkling · sensing · knowing · discernment · foresight · perception · instinctive · wordless
nightmares
Terrifying sleep experiences
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- REMAcronym for dreaming phase
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
visions · imagery · daydreams · reverie · symbolism · surreal · oneiric · fantasy · archetypes · prophetic
primal
First in origin
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
innate · impulse · drive · automatic · hardwired · biological · ancestral · inborn · involuntary · natural
- abstract conceptsparadox, emotions, justice, truth, beauty
- consciousnesswakefulness, alertness, attention, subjective experience, qualia
subconsciousnessconsciousness
State of sentient awareness
conscious awareness · awareness · conscious mind · mindfulness · alertness
awareness, conscious, unconscious, subconscious, consciousness, unconsciousness, unconsciously, subconsciously, preconscious