Meaning of UNCONSCIOUS
Pronunciation: | | un'kânshus
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- [n] that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
- [adj] not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
- [adj] without conscious volition
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| Synonyms: | | cold, comatose, ignorant, innocent, kayoed, knocked out(p), KO'd, nonconscious, out(p), semicomatose, senseless, stunned, subconscious, unconscious mind |
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| Antonyms: | | conscious | |
| See Also: | | asleep(p), brain, head, id, insensible, involuntary, mind, nonvoluntary, nous, psyche, superego, unaware, unvoluntary | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Un*con"scious\, a.
1. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental
perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not
knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
--Cowper.
2. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an
unconscious cerebration. ``Unconscious causes.''
--Blackmore.
3. Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as,
a mule unconscious of the yoke. --Pope. --
{Un*con"scious-ly}, adv. -- {Un*con"scious*ness}, n.
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