COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS


Meaning of COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS in English

(in Jungian psychology) inborn unconscious psychic material common to humankind, accumulated by the experience of all preceding generations.

Cf. archetype (def. 2).

[ 1915-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .