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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

superconscious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From super- + conscious.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Above or beyond the conscious.
    • The only approach to the superconscious, to the unreal, is through the real, the ultranatural, that is to say through nature and its normal, unforced, creative life. 1989, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Hermine I. Popper, Creating a Role, page 91:

Antonyms

subconscious

superconscious en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From super- + conscious.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) That part of mind that is beyond the conscious.
    • You have to go to those who are at home in the unconscious and the superconscious, the artists and prophets; through myth and symbol in art, science fiction, or religion, they will describe the present by speaking about the future. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 135:

Antonyms

unconscious · subconscious