I. |ən+ adjective
1.
a. : not knowing or perceiving : not aware
seemed quite unconscious of her scrutiny — A.T.Quiller-Couch
happily unconscious of the new calamity at home — Charles Dickens
b. : free from self-awareness
would never again be quite the same unconscious creature — John Galsworthy
2.
a. : not possessing mind or consciousness : nonconscious
unconscious matter
b.
(1) : not marked by conscious thought, sensation, or feeling
unconscious processes behind conscious mental states
(2) : of or relating to the unconscious
c. : having no consciousness for the time being
he lay inert, breathing heavily and unconscious — Dorothy Sayers
3. : not consciously held, exercised, or displayed : not realized
found in the countryside the profound, unconscious content that animals find — Rose Macaulay
unconscious bias
4. : not deliberately planned, organized, or carried out : not consciously directed
is language an unconscious collective growth, with a life of its own, beyond individual control — A.L.Guérard
the unconscious choice of words — W.F.Mackey
• un·con·scious·ly adverb
• un·con·scious·ness noun
II. noun
1. : the absolute principle of the universe according to the doctrine of panpneumatism
2. : the greater part of the psychic apparatus accumulated through life experience that is not ordinarily integrated or available to consciousness yet is manifested as a powerful motive force in overt behavior especially in neurosis and is often revealed (as through dreams, slips of the tongue, or dissociated acts)
3. : collective unconscious — compare subconscious