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unconsciously

[uhn-kon-shuhs-lee]

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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.

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Other Word Forms

quasi-unconsciously adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unconsciously¹

unconscious ( def. ) + -ly

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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.

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"I think it's really dangerous, because consciously or unconsciously he is disseminating Russian narratives".

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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.

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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.”

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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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