unconsciousness Definition

unconscious
adj

1. Said of a person or animal: in a state of insensibility, characterized by loss of awareness of the external environment, and inability to respond to sensory stimuli.

Thesaurus: comatose, insensible, inanimate, insensate, inert, numb, entranced, in a stupor, in a trance, in a coma, motionless.
2. Not actively thinking about it; unaware of it.

Thesaurus: ignorant, heedless, senseless, oblivious, deaf to, unaware, unknowing; Antonym: cognizant.
Form: unconscious of something (usually)
3. Said of a quality, emotion, etc: not recognized as being present within oneself; referring to something that a person is unaware of.
4. Said of an action, behaviour, etc: characterized by lack of awareness; unintentional; not deliberate.
5. psychol.
Relating to or produced by the unconscious.

noun

1. psychol.
In psychoanalysis: the part of the mind that contains memories, thoughts and feelings of which one is not consciously aware, but which may be manifested as dreams, psychosomatic symptoms or certain patterns of behaviour.
Thesaurus: psyche, mind, subconscious, preconscious, subliminal self, ego.
Form: the unconscious

Derivative: unconsciously
adverb

Derivative: unconsciousness
noun

Etymology: 18c.