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mental activity of which one is not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior; or the part of the mind that engages in such activity

In the experiment, the image flashed too quickly to be seen consciously, but it impacted the subconscious.

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

If revenge was a motive, it was subconscious.

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

She thinks dreams provide a window into the subconscious.

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

Dr. Strauss says that it means I've reached a point where my subconscious is trying to block my conscious from remembering.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

"Anyone else you want to see?"
I started to say no, but again, my subconscious betrayed me. I thought of Trey.
Alex Flinn -- Beastly

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware (She didn't try to think of someone and work her way up to Trey. He just popped into her mind)

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

"...and you can't even tell a subconscious suicide when you talk to one. ... He sounded just like the kind of guy who'd commit suicide by taking a cold shower and then leaving the windows open to die of pneumonia!"
Paul Zindel -- The Pigman

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

I know it's some kind of subconscious warning signal, and now instead of waiting for the memory to come to me, I close my eyes and reach out for it.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

SUBCONSCIOUS. adj. Of the nature of mental operations yet not present in consciousness;
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

Of the nature of mental operations yet not present in consciousness; as, subconscious conflict of desires.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

Theres the SUBCONSCIOUS and the CONSCIOUS (thats how you spell it) and one dont tell the other what its doing.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

I don't know why—maybe my subconscious knew that I wanted to run the ball.
Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

I can imitate the father he's supposed to have, but subconsciously, at the Quality level, he sees through it and knows his real father isn't here.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconsciously; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

A subconscious desire for me to stop him from shooting himself?
Octavia Butler -- Kindred

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

It would be a subconscious compulsion.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

Below sea level—or below the threshold of the conscious—is the 'subconscious,' or the unconscious.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

But she did believe in the power of the subconscious mind to put together pieces that the conscious mind might miss.
Nicholas Sparks -- Safe Haven

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

I don't ask for it (maybe subconsciously), do I?
Ellen Hopkins -- Identical

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconsciously; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

Subconsciously, I knew that he meant his sexual desires tore him asunder; I knew that he felt that at the same time as his agony at Stella's death.
Virginia Woolf -- A Sketch of the Past

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconsciously; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

And I don't think it's a subconscious plea for sympathy.
J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

But more than that, he was held back by a nagging in his subconscious; a sixth sense that was saying things to him in a still, small voice: Wait.
James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons

(editor's note: Many people use this as a synonym for unconscious; though experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.)

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