Antonyms for subliminal
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : suhb-lim-uh-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : sʌbˈlɪm ə nl |
Definition of subliminal
Origin :- 1886, "below the threshold" (of consciousness), formed from sub "below" (see sub-) + Latin limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)).
- Apparently a loan-translation of German unter der Schwelle (des Bewusstseins) "beneath the threshold (of consciousness)," from Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841), author of a textbook on psychology published in 1824. The scare over subliminal advertising came in 1957.
- As in mental : adj concerning the mind
- As in subconscious : adj innermost in thought
- As in unconscious : adj ignorant; automatic
- As in psychical : adj mental
- As in subconscious : noun inner thoughts
- My subliminal self knew what was going to happen, and was on the job, that's all.
- Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard
- “It is evidently a subliminal self coming to the surface,” he pronounced.
- Extract from : « The Intoxicated Ghost » by Arlo Bates
- They are, in the language of Myers, uprushes from the subliminal self.
- Extract from : « The Drama of Love and Death » by Edward Carpenter
- More than this—with some it was extended, and subliminal powers were set free.
- Extract from : « The Bright Messenger » by Algernon Blackwood
- Geley, Dr., his hypothesis of subliminal consciousness, 434.
- Extract from : « Mysterious Psychic Forces » by Camille Flammarion
- The subliminal self has been active in every age of which we have any record.
- Extract from : « Telepathy and the Subliminal Self » by R. Osgood Mason
- We seem to be connected with each other in the unseen, subliminal, spiritual region.
- Extract from : « Psychical Miscellanea » by J. Arthur Hill
- Subliminal commands were sneaked into the visiphone and 3-D circuits.
- Extract from : « Telempathy » by Vance Simonds
- This “subliminal” self (in modern terminology) has many forms.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 » by Various
- Have you ever heard of the subliminal consciousness, Mr. Baxter?
- Extract from : « The Necromancers » by Robert Hugh Benson
Synonyms for subliminal
- accidental
- brainy
- cerebral
- clairvoyant
- deep
- essence
- gut
- heavy
- hidden
- ideological
- imaginative
- immaterial
- inadvertent
- inattentive
- inherent
- inmost
- innate
- inner
- instinctive
- intellective
- intellectual
- intuitive
- involuntary
- latent
- lost
- mental
- mind
- mysterious
- phrenic
- psyche
- psychic
- psychical
- psychological
- rational
- reasoning
- reflex
- repressed
- soul
- spiritual
- subconscious
- subconsciousness
- subjective
- subliminal
- subliminal self
- submerged mind
- suppressed
- telepathic
- thinking
- thoughtful
- unaware
- uncalculated
- unconscious
- undeliberate
- underconsciousness
- undersense
- unheeding
- unintended
- unintentional
- unmindful
- unpremeditated
- unreal
- unrealized
- unwitting
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