ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Subception

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Subception is a noun meaning (psychology) An unconscious perceptual defense of applying strategies to prevent a troubling stimulus from entering consciousness.

Meaning

(psychology) An unconscious perceptual defense of applying strategies to prevent a troubling stimulus from entering consciousness.

Example Sentences

Since the internal environment of memory is selective on the basis of prior emotional reinforcements of experience, internal subception of images, ideas and such is necessarily very complicated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subreption, subsumption, subliminal, subliminally, sublation, preception.

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