subconscious

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Recent Examples of subconscious Perhaps her subconscious is rebelling, realizing she’s been crossing too many moral and ethical lines. Noel Murray, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025 This celestial synergy is shedding light on the hidden gems that swirl through your subconscious, Pisces. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Instead, the sequence in which Sue (Qualley) starts to fall apart quite literally ahead of her big New Year’s Eve hosting spot is what lives rent-free in Qualley’s subconscious. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025 As the tension goes higher in the room, the flicker frequency goes up [which triggers] something very subconscious. Josh Weiss, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subconscious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subconscious
Adjective
  • The actress was unconscious and unresponsive, according to the New York Police Department.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • This residual may stem from conscious or unconscious bias or other factors outside the scope of this research.
    Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The two musicians recently traded subliminal messages across social media indicating that cheating may be an issue for one party.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • As in equine therapy, the connection between human and horse becomes more subliminal—not as a relationship based on domination, but one of mutual care and attunement.
    Essence, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Lucas, however, wanted to combine the visceral feeling of high-speed World War II dogfights with the realism of 2001.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Her knockout performance carries The Substance, propelled by visceral desperation, rage and cruel suffering.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Common triggers include dehydration from illness, vasovagal syncope—a reflex response to nausea or pain—abnormal heart rhythms, and heart valve conditions such as aortic stenosis.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The reflex reaction might well be, What exactly have the governor and fellow Democrats been doing for the previous six years?
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Cleveland Browns: Abdul Carter, DE/OLB, Penn State — No, this isn't a reactive move after Myles Garrett's trade request.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
  • These tools are shifting finance teams from reactive cost management to proactive, strategic partners in growth.
    Sasha Vyash, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As the protagonist Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1968), Duane Jones unveiled a distinct facet of pre-conditioned Black martyrdom.
    Malik Peay, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Is the show of regret a conditioned response associated with receiving a less severe punishment?
    Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2011
Adjective
  • As soon as the end credits begin to roll, Polly leaps from the couch and heads straight into their crate, signaling an instinctive understanding that the show's conclusion means bedtime.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Bowman checks the special teams box, and has the reputation as an instinctive safety, which is the most important thing the Bills look for at the position.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The clack-clack-clack of the spinning wheel and the announcing of the winning number tends to elicit a Pavlovian response from the audience.
    David Andreatta, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • After a decade, my body reacts in a Pavlovian way to its stimuli, the scroll of torsos, the dopamine of a red dot notification, a three-toned beep that perks you up in your chair.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Subconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subconscious. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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