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subconscient

subconscious

noun sub-kon-SYAN Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Usage Note

Subconscient is used both as a noun (le subconscient) and as an adjective (une peur subconsciente). In everyday French it often overlaps with l'inconscient (the unconscious), though psychoanalysts maintain a distinction. The adverb subconsciemment means 'subconsciously'.

Examples

"Il agissait par subconscient sans le savoir."

Natural Translation

He was acting from his subconscious without knowing it.

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