Unthought

Quick meaning: Unthought is a noun meaning That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.

Meaning

That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.

More Meanings

1. simple past and past participle of unthink
2. Not having been thought.

Example Sentences

For Bion it is not thinking which produces thoughts but unthought thoughts which require an apparatus for thinking them.

But without his knowing, they interfere with his research and at the very least call on him to put the results in perspective. This is what we call the “unthoughts” of scientific work.

Given the power of the word, our lack of control over the word once it is spoken, and our even greater lack once it is published, I have often wondered: What may have been the consequences of my many published unthoughts?

Modern thought renounces the pure transparency of the Cartesian cogito in the recognition that the cogito is intrinsically tied to an unthought which escapes the reflection of the cogito even as it makes this reflection possible.

Word Forms

• unthoughts

Synonyms for unthought

Depending on context, synonyms include unexpected, unhoped-for, unhoped.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unhoped-for, unhoped, unexpected, nonconception, nonidea, unthinkability.

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