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nethermind

nethermind noun: the lower or subconscious mind.

Noun

nethermind (plural netherminds)

  1. The lower or subconscious mind.
    • The truth perhaps - the true truth - is not so much that the mask is hollow as that I don't care to look behind it at the nystagmic flicker of image image image that the nethermind is broadcasting to the faulty receptor of the overmind.1969, Thomas M. Disch, Camp concentration
    • This is how he does it as a writer: he runs everything past his innocence, his nethermind, his first soul. He runs everything past his soul.2001, Martin Amis, Experience: A Memoir

Antonyms of nethermind

Forms of nethermind

pluralnetherminds

Origin of nethermind

From nether- + mind.

Questions about nethermind

What does nethermind mean?
Nethermind means the lower or subconscious mind.
What part of speech is nethermind?
Nethermind is a noun.
What is the plural of nethermind?
The plural of nethermind is netherminds.

Words near nethermind in the dictionary

  1. netherlings
  2. netherlip
  3. netherlips
  4. netherman
  5. nethermen
  6. nethermind
  7. netherminds
  8. nethermore
  9. nethermost
  10. netherness
  11. netherregion

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