subconscious

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Recent Examples of subconscious Dream Scenario features Cage as biology professor Paul Matthews, who unexpectedly becomes a viral sensation when his likeness starts showing up in people's subconscious. Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, Uranus retrograde in Gemini is messing with your subconscious in a good way. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 31 Aug. 2025 Chasing success without addressing internal limitations will be far more difficult than moving forward with an unburdened subconscious; for this purpose, Crone offers a mindset solution. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 This often results in sheer hatred toward the other individual bubbling away in our subconscious, sometimes without the other person ever knowing that there’s anything wrong. Scott Bryan, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subconscious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subconscious
Adjective
  • Daniel, having fallen off the side of a mountain on a rock-climbing trip with Cherry, is in the hospital, unconscious and fighting for his life.
    Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As Daniel lies unconscious and broken in a hospital bed, the doctors warn Laura and her husband, Howard (Waleed Zuaiter), that their son probably won’t make it.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the midst of the chaos of her name being thrown around, GloRilla fired off a subliminal tweet about a certain guy blowing up her phone, which many thought was about Thug.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Here, the affection is not romantic but familial, flowing in soft, subliminal waves between parents and their adult children.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • His reaction appears to be as much visceral as political.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His work was personal, emotional and visceral.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There are varying depths of coma, however, and some people may still have some reflex responses.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond that, though, the history of the past couple of years shows that NVDA's stock move isn't a reliable directional driver of the broad tape beyond the reflex reaction.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Is the management team proactive or reactive?
    Jack Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Up until this point, their private war had mostly been reactive.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 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
  • The new formula is infused with a luscious blend of flower oils so that lashes feel conditioned and supple to the touch.
    Daisy Maldonado, SELF, 13 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • Each motion of his swing, once dissected, felt mechanical rather than instinctive.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • When role demands match instinctive strengths, work feels like swimming with the current instead of against it.
    Carrie Moore, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • When the needle finally drops, the effect is Pavlovian.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 25 July 2025
  • The result is a political Pavlovian response where even modest tax reforms come with a side of millionaire exodus think-pieces.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025

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“Subconscious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subconscious. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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