Definitions for: Unconscious


[n] that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
[adj] not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
[adj] without conscious volition



Webster (1913) Definition: Un*con"scious, a.
1. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental
perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not
knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
--Cowper.

2. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an
unconscious cerebration. ``Unconscious causes.''
--Blackmore.

3. Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as,
a mule unconscious of the yoke. --Pope. --
Un*con"scious-ly, adv. -- Un*con"scious*ness, n.

Synonyms: cold, comatose, ignorant, innocent, kayoed, knocked out(p), KO'd, nonconscious, out(p), semicomatose, senseless, stunned, subconscious, unconscious mind

Antonyms: conscious

See Also: asleep(p), brain, head, id, insensible, involuntary, mind, nonvoluntary, nous, psyche, superego, unaware, unvoluntary

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