unconscious: Meaning and Definition of

un•con•scious

1. not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
2. temporarily devoid of consciousness.
3. not perceived at the level of awareness; occurring below the level of conscious thought: an unconscious impulse.
4. not consciously realized, planned, or done; without conscious volition or intent: an unconscious social slight.
5. not endowed with mental faculties: the unconscious stones.

1. the part of the mind containing psychic material that is only rarely accessible to awareness but that has a pronounced influence on behavior.