coconsciousness


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coconsciousness

[kō′kän·chə·snəs]
(psychology)
A dissociated mental state coexisting with a person's consciousness, but without his awareness, though it is psychodynamically active and may account for various normal and abnormal mental phenomena.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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