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unconsciously
[ uhn-kon-shuhs-lee ]
adverb
- unintentionally and without realizing what one is doing:
Unconsciously, almost in spite of herself, she sighed.
- at a level below that of conscious thought:
Children are unconsciously influenced by the appearance and personalities of their parents to choose partners who resemble them.
- without any awareness, sensation, or cognition at all:
As her mind drifted into a cloud of darkness and she lost all feeling, her body unconsciously fought the force of gravity pushing against it.
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·-ܲ·Dz·dzܲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of unconsciously1
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Example Sentences
He also decided to write a book about a different Amazonian tribe — “Farewell to Eden,” published in 1965 — a move that seemed, perhaps unconsciously, like a bid to rival his brother’s intellectual terrain.
"I think it's really dangerous, because consciously or unconsciously he is disseminating Russian narratives".
The National Autistic Society defines masking as a strategy used to "consciously or unconsciously appear non-autistic", in an attempt to 'fit in' in a neurotypical society.
Like many college seniors preparing to launch into adulthood, Mueller says she was “unconsciously processing the dread of leaving school and not having a clear idea of what life would look like.”
So many documentaries, hoping to cater to a commercial audience, unconsciously or not operate in a traditional three-act structure, wanting to leave us with a feeling of closure.
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