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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