adj 1  :  not marked by conscious thought, sensation, or feeling < motivation>   2  :  of or relating to the unconscious  3  :  having lost consciousness <was for three days>  un*con*scious*ly adv un*con*scious*ness n 
, n :  the greater part of the psychic apparatus accumulated through life experience that is not ordinarily in-tegrated or available to consciousness yet is manifested as a powerful motive force in overt behavior esp. in neurosis and is often revealed (as through dreams, slips of the tongue, or dissociated acts) - compare SUBCONSCIOUS  .
 
 
 
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