aftermind

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ mind.

Noun

aftermind (plural afterminds)

1. A new or changed way of thinking, often as a result of repentance; a renewed mind.
   • 1862, William Henry Krause, Lectures delivered in Bethesda chapel, Dublin: Volume 2:

     Now, brethren, what we want you to mark is this, repentance is not the gushing forth of tears from the fountain of a man's head, under the pressure of calamity; but true repentance is an aftermind, as the word in the Greek literally signifies — a new mind, a turning of the heart to God.

   • 1971, Irving Stone, The passions of the mind: a novel of Sigmund Freud:

     [...] one respected journal for advocating cocaine as a medicine without realizing that it could become an addictive drug; and somewhere, deep in the recesses of his aftermind, he knew this charge to be partly true.