preconscious
1 of 2adjective
pre·con·scious (ˌ)prē-ˈkän(t)-shəs 
: not present in consciousness but capable of being recalled without encountering any inner resistance or repression
preconsciously adverb
preconscious
2 of 2noun
: the preconscious part of the psyche especially in psychoanalysis
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021 Plants were seen as being alive (in some vague, preconscious way) but certainly not intelligent or capable of making reasoned decisions. Richard Schiffman, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2021 Watch the pilot again and marvel as Lynch, the master, the nutcase, so loads each frame with preconscious material—tinnital background river-roar, James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 May 2017
Adjective
Some unconscious biases are actually stored in the preconscious mind. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021 Plants were seen as being alive (in some vague, preconscious way) but certainly not intelligent or capable of making reasoned decisions. Richard Schiffman, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2021 Watch the pilot again and marvel as Lynch, the master, the nutcase, so loads each frame with preconscious material—tinnital background river-roar, James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 May 2017 Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1860, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1913, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
preconscious 1 of 2
adjective
pre·con·scious -ˈkän-chəs
: not present in consciousness but capable of being recalled without encountering any inner resistance or repression
preconscious
2 of 2noun
: the preconscious part of the psyche especially in psychoanalysis
called also foreconscious