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unconscious

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkɒnʃəs/

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Definition of unconscious

adjective

  • 1not awake and aware of and responding to one’s environment: [as complement]:the boy was beaten unconscious
  • 2done or existing without one realizing:he would wipe back his hair in an unconscious gesture of annoyance
  • (unconscious of) unaware of:‘What is it?’ he said again, unconscious of the repetition

noun

(the unconscious)
  • the part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions: horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious

Derivatives

unconsciously

adverb

unconscious in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of unconscious in the US English dictionary