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insentient
English
Etymology
in- +? sentient
Adjective
insentient (comparative more insentient, superlative most insentient)
- Having no consciousness or animation; not sentient.
- Insensitive, indifferent.
- 1941, Theodore Roethke, Death Piece
- His thought is tied, the curving prow
- Of motion moored to rock;
- And minutes burst upon a brow
- Insentient to shock.
- 1941, Theodore Roethke, Death Piece
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unconscious
English
Etymology
un- +? conscious
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n?k?n??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n?k?n??s/
- Hyphenation: un?con?scious
Adjective
unconscious (comparative more unconscious, superlative most unconscious)
- Not awake; having no awareness.
- After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.
- Without directed thought or awareness.
- My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
- 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son
- It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence.
- (sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
- 1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10
- "I was unconscious," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
- 1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10
Synonyms
- (not awake; having no awareness): insentient, oblivious, out of it, out on one's feet, unaware, down for the count, lost to the world
- (skilled performance without conscious control): in the zone, on a roll
Translations
Noun
unconscious (plural unconsciouses)
- (psychology) Unconscious mind
Derived terms
- collective unconscious
Translations
Further reading
- "unconscious" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 320.
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