Antonyms for subliminal


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : suhb-lim-uh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : sʌbˈlɪm ə nl


Definition of subliminal

Origin :
  • 1886, "below the threshold" (of consciousness), formed from sub "below" (see sub-) + Latin limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)).
  • Apparently a loan-translation of German unter der Schwelle (des Bewusstseins) "beneath the threshold (of consciousness)," from Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841), author of a textbook on psychology published in 1824. The scare over subliminal advertising came in 1957.
  • As in mental : adj concerning the mind
  • As in subconscious : adj innermost in thought
  • As in unconscious : adj ignorant; automatic
  • As in psychical : adj mental
  • As in subconscious : noun inner thoughts
Example sentences :
  • My subliminal self knew what was going to happen, and was on the job, that's all.
  • Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard
  • “It is evidently a subliminal self coming to the surface,” he pronounced.
  • Extract from : « The Intoxicated Ghost » by Arlo Bates
  • They are, in the language of Myers, uprushes from the subliminal self.
  • Extract from : « The Drama of Love and Death » by Edward Carpenter
  • More than this—with some it was extended, and subliminal powers were set free.
  • Extract from : « The Bright Messenger » by Algernon Blackwood
  • Geley, Dr., his hypothesis of subliminal consciousness, 434.
  • Extract from : « Mysterious Psychic Forces » by Camille Flammarion
  • The subliminal self has been active in every age of which we have any record.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy and the Subliminal Self » by R. Osgood Mason
  • We seem to be connected with each other in the unseen, subliminal, spiritual region.
  • Extract from : « Psychical Miscellanea » by J. Arthur Hill
  • Subliminal commands were sneaked into the visiphone and 3-D circuits.
  • Extract from : « Telempathy » by Vance Simonds
  • This “subliminal” self (in modern terminology) has many forms.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 » by Various
  • Have you ever heard of the subliminal consciousness, Mr. Baxter?
  • Extract from : « The Necromancers » by Robert Hugh Benson

Synonyms for subliminal

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