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unconscious

[uhn-kon-shuhs] / ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs /




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A simple “Substance”-eque sequence of probiotics triggers a relaxing unconscious state, regenerating a utopian gut biome in a short six to eight weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

“He can’t be mad at dad for not being like mom even if that was his unconscious wish.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Like others in the exhibition, she shared the convictions that the source of art was the unconscious and that the artist’s role was to reveal the unseen, not to depict the known.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

This 1870s photograph shows famed medium Florence Cook slumped on a chair in an unconscious trance with a materialized spirit named Katie King standing behind her.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock