preconscious

 
Pronunciation: /priːˈkɒnʃəs/

adjective

Psychoanalysis
  • of or associated with a part of the mind below the level of immediate conscious awareness, from which memories and emotions that have not been repressed can be recalled: beliefs and values which are on a preconscious level

noun

(one's/the preconscious) Psychology
  • the part of the mind in which preconscious thoughts or memories reside.

Derivatives

preconsciousness

noun