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semiconsciously

Definitions

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  • adverb With only partial consciousness.

Etymologies

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semiconscious +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Perhaps we form political affiliations by semiconsciously detecting commonalities with other people, commonalities that ultimately reflect a shared pattern of brain function. ..

    Political Behavior, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • As I marched across Parliament Square, semiconsciously falling into step with the military pace of the right-wing half of this right-left collaboration, Clark said to me: “I suppose you have heard people say that I am a bit of a fascist?”

    The Pity of War 2009

  • As I marched across Parliament Square, semiconsciously falling into step with the military pace of the right-wing half of this right-left collaboration, Clark said to me: “I suppose you have heard people say that I am a bit of a fascist?”

    The Pity of War 2009

  • Most of the time, we are semiconsciously aware of a ton of peripheral information -- right now I have a Chris Cornell song on, my IM just pinged, there's a dog sleeping in my peripheral vision, my right elbow is a little cramped by the back of the couch, my feet are cold, my neck is still, and when I stretched my sternum popped.

    i smoke my friends down to the filter buymeaclue 2009

  • This, in turn, may be partly because readers and editors still consciously or semiconsciously associate the word "revolution" with bloodshed.

    Velvet Revolution: The Prospects Ash, Timothy Garton 2009

  • As we look for clean backgrounds for our images, we semiconsciously note items of use for cover and/or concealment.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • As we look for clean backgrounds for our images, we semiconsciously note items of use for cover and/or concealment.

    Survive dangerous situations 2008

  • While the airflow is reduced, oxygen levels in the bloodstream drop until, usually after eight to thirty seconds, the sleeper wakes slightly, semiconsciously adjusts the muscles of her tongue and throat to open her airway, and takes in several relatively unobstructed breaths.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • While the airflow is reduced, oxygen levels in the bloodstream drop until, usually after eight to thirty seconds, the sleeper wakes slightly, semiconsciously adjusts the muscles of her tongue and throat to open her airway, and takes in several relatively unobstructed breaths.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • The only recourse for the critic is to claim that we have been noticing it at least semiconsciously without putting it into words, or that previous audiences noticed but that we have lost the knack or the understanding.

    'Radical, Conventional Mozart': An Exchange Treitler, Leo 1992

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