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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-kon-shuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs

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Définition of unconscious

Origin :
  • 1712, "unaware, not marked by conscious thought," from un- (1) "not" + conscious. Meaning "temporarily insensible, knocked out" is recorded from 1860. In psychology, the noun the unconscious (1884) is a loan-translation of German das Unbewusste. The adjective in this sense is recorded from 1912.
  • adj not awake; out cold
  • adj ignorant; automatic
Example sentences :
  • Yet his voice was unbroken and he was, indeed, unconscious of the tears.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • This was the effect of the unconscious influence of Harry Ashton.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • And last night he himself had carried down Wilson's unconscious figure.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The edge of the ice-cake had taken Tiakens under the chin and he was unconscious.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Evidently Donald's foot was caught and he was unconscious from the pain.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It is one of the strongest symptoms of love, that we are unconscious of its extent.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • At length she said, unconscious that she was speaking aloud, "But he is not my brother, after all!"
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • That sad and unconscious question went to the heart of Morton.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • "I didn't suppose you kept a place for me," he said, with an unconscious dignity.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • You're all unconscious of it, but I want you to realise it and know that I do, too.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

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