unconscious meaning and definition

UNCONSCIOUS noun

Definition of unconscious (noun)

1. that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
   • synonyms: unconscious mind

UNCONSCIOUS adjective

Definition of unconscious (adjective)

1. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
   • "lay unconscious on the floor"
   • antonym: conscious
2. without conscious volition
3. (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving
   • "happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens