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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
William S. Burroughs

Meaning of "preconscious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRECONSCIOUS

preconscious  [priːˈkɒnʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRECONSCIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preconscious can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRECONSCIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Preconscious

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the word preconscious is applied to thoughts which are unconscious at the particular moment in question, but which are not repressed and are therefore available for recall and easily 'capable of becoming conscious' — a phrase attributed by Sigmund Freud to Joseph Breuer. Freud contrasted the preconscious to both the conscious and the unconscious in his so-called topographical system of the mind. Preconscious can also refer to information that is available for cognitive processing but that currently lies outside conscious awareness. One of the most common forms of preconscious processing is priming. Other common forms of preconscious processing are tip of the tongue phenomenon and blindsight.

Definition of preconscious in the English dictionary

The definition of preconscious in the dictionary is prior to the development of consciousness. Other definition of preconscious is mental contents or activity not immediately in consciousness but readily brought there.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRECONSCIOUS


calorie-conscious
ˈkælərɪˌkɒnʃəs
coconscious
ˌkəʊˈkɒnʃəs
conscientious
ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəs
conscious
ˈkɒnʃəs
cost-conscious
ˈkɒstkɒnʃəs
fashion-conscious
ˌfæʃ ənˈkɒnʃəs
figure-conscious
ˈfɪɡəˌkɒnʃəs
health-conscious
ˈhɛlθkɒnʃəs
hyperconscious
ˌhaɪpəˈkɒnʃəs
image-conscious
ˈɪmɪdʒkɒnʃəs
inconscious
ɪnˈkɒnʃəs
nonconscious
ˌnɒnˈkɒnʃəs
overconscious
ˌəʊvəˈkɒnʃəs
pretentious
prɪˈtɛnʃəs
safety-conscious
ˈseɪftɪˌkɒnʃəs
semiconscious
ˌsɛmɪˈkɒnʃəs
subconscious
sʌbˈkɒnʃəs
unconscious
ʌnˈkɒnʃəs
unpretentious
ˌʌnprɪˈtɛnʃəs
unselfconscious
ˌʌnsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRECONSCIOUS

preconcerted
preconcertedly
preconciliar
precondemn
precondition
preconisation
preconise
preconization
preconize
preconquest
preconsciously
preconsciousness
preconsonantal
preconstruct
preconstruction
preconsume
precontact
precontract
preconvention
preconviction

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRECONSCIOUS

atrocious
audacious
auspicious
bodacious
bootylicious
delicious
efficacious
ferocious
gracious
luscious
malicious
precious
previous
self-conscious
spacious
specious
suspicious
tenacious
vicious
vivacious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of preconscious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «preconscious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRECONSCIOUS

Find out the translation of preconscious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of preconscious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preconscious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前意识
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preconsciente
570 millions of speakers

English

preconscious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

preconscious
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طليعة الشعور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предсознательным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pré-consciente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

preconscious
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

préconscient
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beracun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorbewußte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

前意識
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

preconscious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Preconscious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

preconscious
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

preconscious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुदैवानं
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bilinç öncesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preconscio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przedświadome
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передсвідомим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preconștientă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσυνειδητό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorbewuste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förmedvetna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

preconscious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preconscious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECONSCIOUS»

The term «preconscious» is normally little used and occupies the 126.558 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECONSCIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preconscious

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QUOTES WITH «PRECONSCIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preconscious.
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William S. Burroughs
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECONSCIOUS»

Discover the use of preconscious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preconscious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Preconscious processing
Integrates data from various research areas concerned with the effects of unconscious perception and the preconscious antecedents of subjective experience.
Norman F. Dixon, 1981
2
Evolution, Culture, and Consciousness: The Discovery of the ...
Thomas McNamara, in Evolution, Culture, and Consciousness, presents the first comprehensive theory of human perception and consciousness based on the generally accepted principles of evolutionary psychology.
Thomas Edward McNamara, 2004
3
The Analyst's Preconscious
But the idea that the analyst's preconscious might be worth attending to seems to be an exception to this basic rule. During the heyday of the topographical model, Freud had much to say about the preconscious when describing the workings ...
Victoria Hamilton, 2014
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Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills
We can consider preconscious thought to be the primary form of the brain's activity, from the point of view of information processing. Countless preconscious thoughts go on routinely, with very few of them having enough significance to warrant ...
Karl Albrecht, 2009
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Internal Objects Revisited
While we use the term "wishful phantasy" in much the same way as Freud did, we can distinguish, within the Preconscious system, between the preconscious phantasy as a wish-fulfilment, on the one hand, and as the content of an unfulfilled ...
Joseph Sandler, Anne-Marie Sandler, 1998
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Office Kaizen 2: Harnessing Leadership, Organizations, ...
What this implies is that preconscious processing works hand in hand with our conscious decision making in ways that are quite complex. The preconscious does a lot of the work and makes many decisions without the “I” awareness being  ...
William Lareau, 2010
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Guilt: Revenge, Remorse and Responsibility After Freud
The preconscious and consciousness Solo recuerdo la emocion de las cosas, y se me olvida todo lo demds. Muchas son las lagunas de mi memoria. [I remember only the emotion of things and 1 forget all the rest. There are many gaps in my ...
Roberto Speziale-Bagliacca, Susan Budd, 2004
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Kenneth Burke and the 21st Century
The conscious, preconscious, and unconscious reveal the ways in which the body expresses itself through words that may lie beyond awareness (Language, 333). Furthermore, rebirth itself is a threefold process of pollution, purification, and ...
Bernard L. Brock, 1999
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Within Time and Beyond Time: A Festschrift for Pearl King
more certain ground when they assert that it is not generally appreciated that Freud used the term "preconscious" in different ways. But it ought to be so appreciated. The laws of the secondary process, the common understanding equating the ...
Riccardo Steiner, Jennifer Johns, 2001
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Psychodynamic Social Work
THE TOPOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE According to the topographical model ( Freud 1900), the mind is composed of three systems: the system unconscious, the system preconscious, and the system conscious. The system unconscious ...
Jerrold R. Brandell, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECONSCIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preconscious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Understanding the US War State. “Watching the War Crime Unfold”
This preconscious equation explains, for example, why even the U.S. government's official opposition, the Democratic Party, has abdicated ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
2
Autism and thinking. Just a thought!
As Donna Williams tells us in her book Autism and Sensing: The Unlost Instinct, at that early 'preconscious' stage the baby's world is dominated ... «Autism Daily Newscast, Jul 15»
3
Lazy Kids: What's Really Going On
Since most of our psychic activity happens at a preconscious level, this means your child is unaware of their own goals and motivations. Luckily ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
4
Senses of the Subject, by Judith Butler
Her focus is the intense passions, desires and preconscious sensory experience so often disavowed by philosophy in its narrative of subject ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
5
Why You Should Be Intentional
It's automatic and preconscious thought. Those scenarios are the result of what your brain has already logged as essential information about ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
6
From Free Speech Movement to This: Anything You Say May Create …
... insults" that "communicate hostile messages"to members of "marginalized" groups. These can be unintentional and even "preconscious" or ... «Reason, Jun 15»
7
Tell It About Your Mother
... the nature of dreams, preconscious psychic phenomenon or child development,'' Kandel told me recently. He believes that psychoanalysis is ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
8
The First Freedom Act
And there is little doubt that that change has occurred at a preconscious level where so many people now believe that their thoughts and ... «OpEdNews, Jun 15»
9
This Is Your Brain on Easy Credit
The human brain is a hybrid, and in our ancient, preconscious core we are instinctively selfish creatures, focused on the short term and driven ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
10
The new librettist of 'The New Prince'
Every kind of writing that I do, I've learned that the secret is to let go, to let your preconscious do the work and kind of get out of the way for that ... «Washington Post, May 15»

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