1. all the psychic material that is not available in the immediate field of awareness. not conscious, senseless; unaware, unknowing; not directed by conscious thought, automatic, involuntary, instinctive. unconscious\un*con"scious\ , a.
2. not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
3. not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration. "unconscious causes." more.
4. having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke. -- un*con"scious-ly , adv. -- un*con"scious*ness , n.unconscious adj.
5. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor" [ant: conscious].
6. without conscious volition.
7. (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving; "happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- charles dickens [syn: unconscious(p) ] that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware [syn: unconscious mind].
8. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
9. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an unconscious cerebration.
10. Having no knowledge by experience; followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor" without conscious volition.
11. 1. Someone who is unconscious is in a state similar to sleep, usually as the result of a serious injury or a lack of oxygen. By the time ambulancemen arrived he was unconscious ¡Ù conscious + unconsciousness un·con·scious·ness He knew that he might soon lapse into unconsciousness.
12. If you are unconscious of something, you are unaware of it. He himself seemed totally unconscious of his failure = oblivious ¡Ù conscious + unconsciously un·con·scious·ly `I was very unsure of myself after the divorce,' she says, unconsciously sweeping back the curls from her forehead.
13. If feelings or attitudes are unconscious, you are not aware that you have them, but they show in the way that you behave. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance + unconsciously un·con·scious·ly I think racism is unconsciously inherent in practically everyone.
14. Your unconscious is the part of your mind that contains feelings and ideas that you do not know about or cannot control. In examining the content of the unconscious, Freud called into question some deeply-held beliefs. the/sb's unconscious the part of your mind in which there are thoughts and feelings that you do not realize you have subconscious. or subconscious In psychoanalysis, the part of the psychic apparatus that does not ordinarily enter the individual's awareness but may be manifested by slips of the tongue, dreams, or neurotic symptoms (see:
neurosis). The existence of unconscious mental activities was first elaborated by Sigmund Freud and is now a well-established principle of psychiatry. The origin of many neurotic symptoms is said to depend on conflicts that have been removed from consciousness by repression and maintained in the unconscious through various defense mechanisms. Recent biopsychological explorations have shed light on the relationship between brain physiology and the levels of consciousness at which people retain memories.