Underthreshold

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Positioned below a threshold.
  2. 2
    Being below the threshold or outside of the ordinary limits of consciousness; subconscious; subliminal.

    "The notion "underthreshold" is to be explained as all that which is under the ordinary threshold or outside the customary bounds of consciousness; [...]"

Synonyms

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subliminalsubliminal

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"The notion "underthreshold" is to be explained as all that which is under the ordinary threshold or outside the customary bounds of consciousness; [...]"

Etymology

From under- + threshold, probably a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literally “under-threshold”), from unter- (“under-”) + Schwelle (“threshold”). More at under, sill.

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