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unconscious

un·con·scious
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhn-kon-shuh s]
    • /ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs/
    • /ʌnˈkɒnʃəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-kon-shuh s]
    • /ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs/

Definitions of unconscious word

  • adjective unconscious not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition. 1
  • adjective unconscious temporarily devoid of consciousness. 1
  • adjective unconscious not perceived at the level of awareness; occurring below the level of conscious thought: an unconscious impulse. 1
  • adjective unconscious not consciously realized, planned, or done; without conscious volition or intent: an unconscious social slight. 1
  • adjective unconscious not endowed with mental faculties: the unconscious stones. 1
  • noun unconscious the unconscious, Psychoanalysis. the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible to awareness but that has a pronounced influence on behavior. 1

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Origin of unconscious

First appearance:

before 1705
One of the 50% oldest English words
1705-15; 1915-20 for def 6; un-1 + conscious

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Unconscious

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

unconscious popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for unconscious

adj unconscious

  • abed — in bed; on a bed
  • absent-minded — Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.
  • airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
  • all over the map — changeable
  • amnesic — a person affected by amnesia.

adjective unconscious

  • anaesthetised — anesthetize.
  • anaesthetized — anesthetize.
  • cataleptic — a physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment.
  • designless — without a design, unplanned
  • entranced — Held at attention, as if by magic.

Antonyms for unconscious

adj unconscious

adjective unconscious

  • awake — Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
  • knowing — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
  • witting — knowing; aware; conscious.
  • zoetic — (rare) Of or pertaining to life.

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