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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

unconscious

/(ŭn*kŏn"shŭs)/ · un·con·scious · IPA /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/
01 a. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignor…
  1. 1.
    Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
  2. 2.
    Not known or apprehended by consciousness; resulting from neural activity of which a person is not aware; as, an unconscious movement; unconscious cerebration.
  3. 3.
    Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke.
  4. 4.
    Unintentional; as, an unconscious insult.
02 n. Usually the unconscious; that part of the mind in which mental processes occur that are not accesible to the awareness, but may significant…
  1. 1.
    Usually the unconscious; that part of the mind in which mental processes occur that are not accesible to the awareness, but may significantly influence behavior.(Psychoanalysis)