Both Uses of
subconscious
in
Fahrenheit 451
- "What" asked Montag of that other self, the subconscious idiot that ran babbling at times, quite independent of will, habit, and conscience.†
p. 8.7subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior
- The family had been feeding her subconscious, I'm sure, from what I saw of her school record.
p. 57.9 *subconscious = the part of the mind of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior
Definition:
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
Though commonly used in daily conversation, the word subconscious is not used clinically. Where the layperson says subconscious, psychologists are likely to say unconscious mind.