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From un- + conscious .
unconscious (comparative more unconscious , superlative most unconscious )
Not awake ; having no awareness ( usually as the result of a head injury ) .
Synonyms: insentient , oblivious , out of it , out on one's feet , unaware , down for the count , under , lost to the world
After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious .
( psychology ) Without directed thought or awareness .
Synonym: ( non-technical ) subconscious
My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
1884 , Margaret Oliphant , The Wizard's Son :It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence.
2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL , number 978 , page 49 :Reshaping [of British Railways] was far from perfect. It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government.
( sports ) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
Synonyms: in the zone , on a roll
1998 , Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League , page 144 :Sam is unconscious , filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.
1999 , Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , page 10 :"I was unconscious ," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
2002 , Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure , page 292 :Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.
not awake
Azerbaijani: bayğın
Belarusian: непрытомны ( njeprytómny )
Bulgarian: в безсъзнание ( v bezsǎznanie )
Catalan: inconscient (ca)
Czech: nevědomý m
Danish: bevidstløs
Dutch: bewusteloos (nl)
Esperanto: senkonscia
Finnish: tajuton (fi)
French: inconscient (fr)
German: bewusstlos (de)
Hungarian: eszméletlen (hu) , öntudatlan (hu) , ( verb phrase ) nincs magánál
Icelandic: meðvitundarlaus (is)
Irish: gan mhothú
Italian: svenuto (it)
Japanese: 無意識 (ja) ( muishiki )
Maori: mauri moe , mātengatenga , maurimoe
Norman: êbaûbi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bevisstløs
Nynorsk: medvitslaus
Plautdietsch: besennungslooss
Polish: nieprzytomny (pl)
Portuguese: inconsciente (pt) m or f , desacordado (pt) m , desmaiado (pt) m , esmaecido (pt) m , desfalecido (pt) m , incônscio m
Punjabi: ਬੇਸੁੱਧ ( besuddha )
Romanian: inconștient (ro)
Russian: бессозна́тельный (ru) ( bessoznátelʹnyj ) , без созна́ния ( bez soznánija )
Slovak: bezvedomý , v bezvedomí
Spanish: inconsciente (es)
Swedish: medvetslös (sv)
Turkish: bilinçsiz (tr)
Ukrainian: неприто́мний ( neprytómnyj )
without directed thought or awareness
Afrikaans: onderbewussyn
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: падсвядо́мы ( padsvjadómy ) , неўсвядо́млены ( njeŭsvjadómljeny , literally “ not realized ” )
Bulgarian: подсъзна́телен (bg) ( podsǎznátelen )
Catalan: subconscient
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潛意識的 / 潜意识的 (zh) ( qiányìshí de )
Czech: podvědomý m
Dutch: onbewust (nl)
Finnish: tiedostamaton , tiedoton (fi) , ( informal ) piilotajuinen , alitajuinen
French: subconscient (fr) m
Georgian: ქვეცნობიერი ( kvecnobieri )
German: spontan (de) , unbewusst (de) , unterbewusst (de)
Greek: υποσυνείδητος (el) ( yposyneíditos )
Hungarian: tudat alatti
Irish: fo-chomhfhiosach
Japanese: 潜在意識 (ja) ( せんざいいしき, senzai ishiki )
Khiamniungan Naga: séimòuh
Korean: 잠재의식적(潛在意識的) ( jamjae'uisikjeok ) , 무의식적(無意識的) ( muuisikjeok )
Manx: fo-chooinsheansagh
Maori: mauri pōtere
Persian: ناخودآگاه (fa) ( nâxodâgâh )
Polish: podświadomy (pl)
Portuguese: inconsciente (pt) m or f , automático (pt) m , involuntário (pt) m , maquinal (pt) m or f , mecânico (pt) m , incônscio m , subconsciente (pt)
Romanian: subconștient (ro)
Russian: подсозна́тельный (ru) ( podsoznátelʹnyj ) , неосо́знанный (ru) ( neosóznannyj , literally “ not realized ” )
Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhothachail
Slovak: podvedomý , nevedomý
Spanish: subconsciente (es)
Swedish: undermedveten (sv) , omedveten (sv)
Ukrainian: підсвідо́мий ( pidsvidómyj ) , несвідо́мий ( nesvidómyj ) , неусвідо́млений ( neusvidómlenyj , literally “ not realized ” )
unconscious (plural unconsciouses )
( psychology ) That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.
Synonyms: subconscious , subconsciousness , subconscious mind
1981 , William Irwin Thompson , The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture , London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 135 :Because the unconscious is outside time, it can perceive transformations beyond the limits of the ego.
that part of mind that is not consciously perceived
Bulgarian: подсъзнание n ( podsǎznanie )
Catalan: inconscient (ca) m , subconscient m , subconsciència f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潛意識 / 潜意识 (zh) ( qiányìshí )
Czech: podvědomí n
Dutch: onbewuste (nl) n , onderbewustzijn (nl) n
Esperanto: subkonscio
Finnish: alitajunta (fi) , ( informal ) piilotajunta
French: subconscient (fr) m , inconscient (fr) m
German: Unbewusstes n , Unterbewusstsein (de) n
Greek: ασυνείδητο (el) n ( asyneídito , literally “ unconscious ” ) , υποσυνείδητο (el) n ( yposyneídito , literally “ subconscious ” )
Hungarian: ( professionally ) tudattalan , ( in popular literature ) tudatalatti (hu)
Irish: fo-chomhfhios m
Italian: subconscio (it) m
Japanese: 潜在意識 (ja) ( せんざいいしき, senzai ishiki )
Kazakh: бейсаналылық ( beisanalylyq )
Korean: 잠재의식(潛在意識) (ko) ( jamjae'uisik ) , 무의식(無意識) (ko) ( muuisik )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: jêrhiş (ku)
Persian: ناخودآگاه (fa) ( nâxodâgâh ) , ناخودآگاهی (fa) ( nâxodâgâhi )
Polish: nieświadomość (pl) f , podświadomość (pl) f
Portuguese: inconsciente (pt) m , subconsciente (pt) m
Romanian: subconștient (ro) n , ( rare ) subconștiință f
Russian: подсозна́тельное (ru) n ( podsoznátelʹnoje ) , подсозна́ние (ru) n ( podsoznánije )
Slovak: nevedomie , podvedomie
Spanish: subconsciencia
Swedish: undermedvetna (sv)
Tagalog: kubmalay
Ukrainian: підсвідо́мість f ( pidsvidómistʹ )
"unconscious" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 320.