subconscious

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective [usuallybeforenoun] connected with feelings that influence your behaviour even though you are not aware of them: subconscious desires / fears * the subconscious mind * Many advertisements work at a subconscious level. compareCONSCIOUS, UNCONSCIOUS subconsciously adverb: Subconsciously, she was looking for the father she had never known. noun (the / your subconscious) [sing.] the part of your mind that contains feelings that you are not aware of: Guilt made her try to bury the memory deep in her subconscious. compareTHEUNCONSCIOUS