unconsciously
Beyond one's notice
Without awareness or intention.
Unconscious actions happen automatically, below the threshold of deliberate thought: She unconsciously tapped her foot during the interview.
The word can also mean without being awake: He moaned unconsciously in his sleep.
In psychoanalytic contexts, it refers to mental processes hidden from conscious awareness: unconsciously sabotaging his own success.
Without conscious intention
- unintentionallyWithout deliberate intent
- unwittinglyWithout awareness or intention
- accidentallyWithout intent or design
- unawaresWithout prior knowledge
absentmindedly · heedlessly · thoughtlessly · carelessly · negligently · incidentally · fortuitously · obliviously
Done without conscious thought
- mechanicallyDone by machine action
- automaticallyWithout manual control
- effortlesslyWithout visible labor
- spontaneouslyWithout forethought or preparation
unthinkingly · instinctively · second-nature · autopilot · involuntarily · inherently · naturally · habitually
Held back from expression
- suppressedForcibly held down
- subliminalBelow threshold of awareness
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- psycheTotal mental life
id · ego · superego · primal · deep-seated · latent · hidden · underlying
Mental imagery during slumber
- slumberingIn a state of rest
- sleepwalkingAmbulatory behavior during slumber
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
- sedatedCalmed by medication
anesthetized · fainting · REM · drowsily · dazedly · groggily · sleeptalking
By innate understanding
- viscerallyIn a primal way
- primallyIn an instinctive way
- innatelyIn an inborn way
- instinctuallyBy inborn impulse
impulsively · reactively · hardwired · biologically · genetically · ancestrally · archetypally
inadvertently
Without conscious intention
- unintentionallyWithout deliberate intent
- unwittinglyWithout awareness or intention
- accidentallyWithout intent or design
unawares · absentmindedly · heedlessly · thoughtlessly · carelessly · negligently · incidentally · fortuitously · obliviously · unknowingly
reflexively
Done without conscious thought
- mechanicallyDone by machine action
- automaticallyWithout manual control
- effortlesslyWithout visible labor
spontaneously · unthinkingly · instinctively · second-nature · autopilot · involuntarily · inherently · naturally · habitually · routinely
repressed
Held back from expression
- suppressedForcibly held down
- subliminalBelow threshold of awareness
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
psyche · id · ego · superego · primal · deep-seated · latent · hidden · underlying · internalized
dreaming
Mental imagery during slumber
- slumberingIn a state of rest
- sleepwalkingAmbulatory behavior during slumber
- comatoseDeeply unconscious, unrousable
sedated · anesthetized · fainting · REM · drowsily · dazedly · groggily · sleeptalking
intuitively
By innate understanding
- viscerallyIn a primal way
- primallyIn an instinctive way
- innatelyIn an inborn way
instinctually · impulsively · reactively · hardwired · biologically · genetically · ancestrally · archetypally
- mental adverbsmentally, cognitively, psychologically, intellectually, mindfully
- unintentionallyaccidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently, unwittingly, by accident
- without intentunintentionally, inadvertently, accidentally, unwittingly
unconsciouslyconsciously
With deliberate awareness
knowingly · mindfully · attentively · alertly · wittingly
unconsciouslydeliberately
Done with intention
intentionally · purposely · on purpose · purposefully · willfully
unconsciouslywillfully
Done on purpose
voluntarily · willingly · of one's own accord · electively · freely
- unconscious desiresWants below awareness
- the unconsciousMind beyond awareness
- unconscious mindMental processes beneath awareness
- unconscious biasAutomatic, unaware preferential thinking
- collective unconsciousInherited psychological heritage of humanity
- unconscious thoughtMental processing without awareness