subliminal

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The rest of him was off somewhere else across the threshold--subliminal: below, with the Russian, beyond with the traveling spirit of the boy; but the major portion, out deep in space, reclaimed by the Earth So, at least, it felt; for the circulation of blood in his brain ran low and physical sensation there was almost none.

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  1. adjective Psychology Below the threshold of conscious perception. Used of stimuli.
  2. adjective Psychology Inadequate to produce conscious awareness but able to evoke a response: subliminal propaganda.

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  • This was a guy who could make two syllables out of a four-syllable obscenity, yet include in the same sentence words like "polymorphous" and "subliminal"--properly used, at that. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • Instead she felt a wild anticipation, a kind of subliminal thunder in her blood, as though she faced the biggest challenge of her life. —  TheRichMan’sRoyalMistress
  • All these things are subliminal, almost but can make a difference. —  The Daily Record - Home
  • He recognizes a second, or what he calls a subliminal Self, the Spirit of our Soul, acting independently of Waking Conscious Judgment, a mysterious alter ego_, which has marvelous power This second or inner self I have also through this work of mine recognized as a reality, though it is, like the self-conscious soul, rather an aggregate than a distinct unity. —  The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence
  • She has her spiritual secrets, buried deep in what we may call the subliminal consciousness of the race, and to the disclosure of these secrets we may look with confidence for the inspiration of a new literature. —  The Open Secret of Ireland
 

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  1. sub- + Latin līmen, līmin-, threshold.

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  1. from L.; sub, under, + limen (limin-), threshold.
 

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/səbˈlɪmɪnəl/
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