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I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don't want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I'm feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious.
Louise Bourgeois

Meaning of "unconscious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNCONSCIOUS

unconscious  [ʌnˈkɒnʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNCONSCIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unconscious 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 UNCONSCIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unconscious in the English dictionary

The first definition of unconscious in the dictionary is lacking normal sensory awareness of the environment; insensible. Other definition of unconscious is not aware of one's actions, behaviour, etc. Unconscious is also characterized by lack of awareness or intention.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNCONSCIOUS


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
preconscious
priːˈkɒnʃəs
pretentious
prɪˈtɛnʃəs
safety-conscious
ˈseɪftɪˌkɒnʃəs
semiconscious
ˌsɛmɪˈkɒnʃəs
subconscious
sʌbˈkɒnʃəs
unpretentious
ˌʌnprɪˈtɛnʃəs
unselfconscious
ˌʌnsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNCONSCIOUS

unconscientious
unconscionable
unconscionableness
unconscionably
unconsciously
unconsciousness
unconsecrate
unconsecrated
unconsentaneous
unconsenting
unconsidered
unconsidering
unconsoled
unconsolidated
unconstant
unconstitutional
unconstitutional strike
unconstitutionality
unconstitutionally
unconstrainable

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNCONSCIOUS

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 unconscious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNCONSCIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unconscious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unconscious

Translation of «unconscious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNCONSCIOUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

不省人事的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inconsciente
570 millions of speakers

English

unconscious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेहोश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَيْرُ وَاعٍ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бессознательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inconsciente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অজ্ঞান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inconscient
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sedarkan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bewusstlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

意識を失った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무의식의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

semaput
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất tỉnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நினைவிழந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेशुद्धी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bilinçsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

privo di sensi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieświadomy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непритомний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inconștient
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιπόθυμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bewusteloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omedveten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bevisstløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unconscious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCONSCIOUS»

The term «unconscious» is very widely used and occupies the 19.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCONSCIOUS» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNCONSCIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unconscious.
1
Sam Abell
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
2
Walter Benjamin
The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses.
3
William Peter Blatty
I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.
4
Pierre Bourdieu
Symbolic violence is violence wielded with tacit complicity between its victims and its agents, insofar as both remain unconscious of submitting to or wielding it.
5
Louise Bourgeois
To express your emotions, you have to be very loose and receptive. The unconscious will come to you if you have that gift that artists have. I only know if I'm inspired by the results.
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Louise Bourgeois
I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don't want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I'm feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious.
7
Anthony Burgess
The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.
8
Guillaume Canet
You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money.
9
Anne Carson
We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy.
10
David Chase
I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCONSCIOUS»

Discover the use of unconscious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unconscious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
Employing his trademark wit and lucid, accessible explanations of the most obscure scientific subjects, Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a tour of this research, unraveling the complexities of the subliminal self and increasing our ...
Leonard Mlodinow, 2012
2
Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
Showing us an unconscious more powerful than Freud's, and even more pervasive in our daily life, Strangers to Ourselves marks a revolution in how we know ourselves.
Timothy D. WILSON, Timothy D Wilson, 2009
3
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
Essays which state the fundamentals of Jung's psychological system: "On the Psychology of the Unconscious" and "The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious," with their original versions in an appendix.
Carl Gustav Jung, R. F. C. Hull, 1981
4
The Aesthetic Unconscious
This book is not concerned with the use of Freudian concepts for the interpretation of literary and artistic works.
Jacques Ranciere, 2009
5
The Postcolonial Unconscious
A tour de force of postcolonial studies, this book will set the agenda for the future, probing how the field has come to develop in the directions it has and why and how it can grow further.
Neil Lazarus, 2011
6
Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious
Freud argues that the "joke-work" is intimately related to the "dream-work" which he had analyzed in detail in his Interpretation of Dreams, and that jokes (like all forms of humor) attest to the fundamental orderliness of the human mind.
Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, 1989
7
The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act
The book as a whole raises directly issues that have been only implicit in Jameson's earlier work, namely the relationship between dialectics and structuralism, and the tension between the German and the French aesthetic traditions.
Fredric Jameson, 2014
8
The African Unconscious
Author Edward Bruce Bynum offers a captivating and controversial viewpoint on the roots of our human existence, positing that all humans at their deepest core are variations on the African template, creating a shared identity and collective ...
Edward Bruce Bynum, 2012
9
The New Unconscious
This collection of 20 original chapters by leading researchers examines the cognitive unconscious from social, cognitive, and neuroscientific viewpoints, presenting some of the most important developments at the heart of this new picture of ...
Ran R. Hassin, James S. Uleman, John A. Bargh, 2005
10
The Unconscious
This volume contains a key statement about evidence for the unconscious, and how it works, as well as major essays on all the fundamentals of mental functioning.
Sigmund Freud, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNCONSCIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unconscious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Girl found unconscious on Magic Mountain roller coaster dies
LOS ANGELES -- A 10-year-old girl has died after she was found unconscious Friday on a Six Flags Magic Mountain roller coaster, officials said Monday. «CBS News, Jun 15»
2
Jumping sturgeon knocks Florida teen unconscious
Florida wildlife authorities said a teenager was knocked unconscious by a sturgeon jumping from the Suwannee River. It's the second strike involving that type of ... «WKMG Orlando, Jun 15»
3
Joni Mitchell alert and recovery expected, her website says
''At this time (Mitchell) remains unconscious and unable to make any responses, and is therefore unable to provide for any of her personal needs,'' states Morris' ... «Boston Globe, Apr 15»
4
Police rescue unconscious man trapped in burning SUV
MESQUITE, Texas — Two Dallas-area police officers saved an unconscious man trapped in a burning SUV in a dramatic rescue captured on patrol car video. «New York Post, Apr 15»
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Police: Man found unconscious on ground has now died
Police said a man was found unconscious outside Gerri's Place at 232 East 30th St. about 12:52 a.m.. The bar owner told KCCI that her son was bartending that ... «KCCI Des Moines, Apr 15»
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Joni Mitchell's condition improves in hospital after she was found …
The folk legend was rushed to intensive care after she was found unconscious in her Bel-Air home on Tuesday. On Friday night her spokesperson informed ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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​Joni Mitchell found unconscious, hospitalized
"Joni was found unconscious in her home this afternoon. She is currently in intensive care undergoing tests and is awake and in good spirits," a statement said. «CBS News, Apr 15»
8
Mom found in NYC restaurant bathroom with unconscious toddler …
NEW YORK – Police say a woman found in a New York City restaurant bathroom with her unconscious 1-year-old son has been arrested on a murder charge. «Fox News, Mar 15»
9
Nurse faces jail after admitting raping and spying on unconscious
A nurse who filmed himself raping unconscious patients behind curtained off booths in a busy A&E, is facing jail after admitting carrying out 27 horrific attacks. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
10
Police Agencies Line Up to Learn About Unconscious Bias
"Both parties bring unconscious bias to the table that can affect things," he said, adding, "it takes two to have a good dialogue." ___. Test your own biases: ... «New York Times, Mar 15»

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