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subception

subception noun: an unconscious perceptual defense of applying strategies to prevent a troubling stimulus from entering consciousness.

Noun

subception (uncountable)

  1. An unconscious perceptual defense of applying strategies to prevent a troubling stimulus from entering consciousness.
    • 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.2012, William F. O'Neill, George D. Demos, Philosophical Psychology: A New Frontier in Education and Therapy, p. 18

subception meaning in Tamil

subception in Tamil

நனவிலாப் புலன் காட்சி, நனவிலாப் புலன்காட்சி

Questions about subception

What does subception mean?
Subception means an unconscious perceptual defense of applying strategies to prevent a troubling stimulus from entering consciousness.
What is subception in Tamil?
Subception in Tamil is நனவிலாப் புலன் காட்சி, நனவிலாப் புலன்காட்சி. See Subception meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subception?
Subception is a noun.

Words near subception in the dictionary

  1. subcentric
  2. subcentriolar
  3. subcentripetal
  4. subcentromeric
  5. subcentrosomal
  6. subception
  7. subcerebral
  8. subcerebrally
  9. subcespitose
  10. subchain
  11. subchains

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