(ŭn-kŏn′shŭs)
[Pronunciation]
[AS. un, not, + L. conscius, aware]
1. Lacking in awareness of the environment; insensible.
See: unconsciousness
2. In Freudian psychiatry, that part of the mind that consists of unrecognized feelings and drives.
collective unconscious
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