Definition of preconscious in English:
preconscious
adjective priːˈkɒnʃəsˌpriˈkɑn(t)ʃəs
Psychoanalysis Of or associated with a part of the mind below the level of immediate conscious awareness, from which memories and emotions that have not been repressed can be recalled.
beliefs and values which are on a preconscious level
Example sentencesExamples
- Inadvertent expressions of preconscious processes have been studied extensively by psychologists.
- Freud called attention to preconscious dimensions that impinge on our behavior but never dispensed with them.
- Conscious experience, conscious selves, are ‘generated by and represent aspects of our own preconscious minds.
- In deeper sleep, however, even the preconscious detection of very large and infrequent changes in the external environment cannot be made.
- But sometimes, such as when we eat or sleep, our awareness drops to a preconscious level.
noun priːˈkɒnʃəsˌpriˈkɑn(t)ʃəs
one's/the preconsciousPsychology The part of the mind in which preconscious thoughts or memories reside.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is thought to reflect a simple, sensory memory that apparently occurs automatically in the preconscious.
- Deep out of our preconscious comes this fear - fear of the pain of dying and shame of the effect that our dying might have on others.
- This process is said to occur automatically at the level of the preconscious.
- This occurs in the preconscious although it might later trigger consciousness.
Derivatives
noun
Metaphorically, Daniels descends into blackness, his own preconsciousness, beyond the Freudian barrier screening the unconscious from the conscious that controls voluntary movement and mental attention.
Example sentencesExamples
- He does not fully realize the meaning of an object's essence, but such intuition drives him on a quest for clarity and understanding of the ‘natural’ or ‘naive’ viewpoint present in his preconsciousness.
Definition of preconscious in US English:
preconscious
adjectiveˌprēˈkän(t)SHəsˌpriˈkɑn(t)ʃəs
Psychoanalysis Of or associated with a part of the mind below the level of immediate conscious awareness, from which memories and emotions that have not been repressed can be recalled.
beliefs and values that are on a preconscious level
Example sentencesExamples
- In deeper sleep, however, even the preconscious detection of very large and infrequent changes in the external environment cannot be made.
- But sometimes, such as when we eat or sleep, our awareness drops to a preconscious level.
- Inadvertent expressions of preconscious processes have been studied extensively by psychologists.
- Conscious experience, conscious selves, are ‘generated by and represent aspects of our own preconscious minds.
- Freud called attention to preconscious dimensions that impinge on our behavior but never dispensed with them.
nounˌprēˈkän(t)SHəsˌpriˈkɑn(t)ʃəs
one's/the preconsciousPsychology The part of the mind in which preconscious thoughts or memories reside.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is thought to reflect a simple, sensory memory that apparently occurs automatically in the preconscious.
- This process is said to occur automatically at the level of the preconscious.
- Deep out of our preconscious comes this fear - fear of the pain of dying and shame of the effect that our dying might have on others.
- This occurs in the preconscious although it might later trigger consciousness.