adj 1  :  existing in the mind but not immediately available to consciousness  :  affecting thought, feeling, and behavior without entering awareness < motives>  <a reflex>   2  :  imperfectly conscious  :  partially but not fully aware <the persistence of dream activity for several minutes after waking -Psychological Abstracts>  sub*con*scious*ly adv sub*con*scious*ness n 
, n :  the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness : also  :  the aspect of the mind concerned with such activities - compare UNCONSCIOUS  .
 
   
 
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