nonconscious.

Taking place without conscious awareness.

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Words that belong together

• nonconscious processing
• nonconscious influence

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The researchers tested whether nonconscious cues could influence the participants' choices.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Writing functions: cognition, influence, explanation. Commonness: moderately common in psychology. Hyphenation variant counts once.