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Definition: Subliminal |
SubliminalAdjective1. Below the threshold of conscious perception. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "subliminal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Etymology: Subliminal \Sub*lim"i*nal\, adjective. [Prefix sub- Latin limen threshold.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Below the threshold of sensation, as a subliminal stimulus. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intellect | Soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core; the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle. |
Adjective: intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual; ghostly; psychical, psychological; cerebral; animastic; brainy; hyperphysical, superphysical; subconscious, subliminal. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Subliminal |
| Non-English Usage: "Subliminal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (subliminal), Portuguese (subliminal), Romanian (subliminal), Spanish (subliminal), Swedish (subliminal). |
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Lyrics | It's subliminal ("This Kiss"; performing artist: Faith Hill) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | William James : Investigator of the Subliminal Consciousness / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Notman.. |
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| Author | Quotation |
William James | If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Examples of this include unsolicited contact by phone, fax, E-mail, or telex, subliminal advertising, street solicitation, or "snowball," pyramid or structural marketing. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | South Africa | The investigation examined selected publications over a limited period, looking at the problem of subliminal racism and the disproportionate representation of whites in media ownership and newsroom staffing. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Subliminal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Subliminal" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 62 | 42,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "subliminal": subliminal consciousness ♦ subliminal mind ♦ Subliminal Stimulation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "subliminal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i subkoshiencës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نصف واعي, دون الوعي (subconscious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подсъзнателен (subconscious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 下意识 (subconscious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | subliminální, podprahový. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | subliminal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | subliminaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | subliminal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | subliminal, unterschwellig, unterbewusst (subconscious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποσυνείδητοσ (subconscious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תת תו"עתי (subconscious), תת "כרתי (subconscious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tudatküszöb alatti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | subliminale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | サフラン" (knapsack), minor characters, sabot, sabotage, Sabrina pants, sand, sub, sub notebook, sub promenade, sub reader, sub sack, subbank, subculture, subdomain, sub-goal, sub-graph, subhead, subject, subleader, sublet, subliminal ad, submanager, submarine, submarine pitcher, sub-menu, subnet, subnetting, sub-network, sub-pattern, sub-process, subroutine, sub-set, substance, substitute, sub-system, subteen, subtitle, subtrack, subway, supplement, supplier, supply, to be idle, to be truant, to sabotage by slowness, zephyr lily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | サブリミナルアド (subliminal ad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubliminalsay subliminal, subconsciente (subconscious). (various references) subliminal, subconştient (subconscious, sub-conscious). (various references) подсознательный (subconscious). (various references) ispod praga svesti. (various references) subliminal. (various references) subliminal. (various references) bilinçdışı, bilinçaltı ile algılanan, bilinçaltı (depth, id, subconscious, the subconscious). (various references) підсвідомий (subconscious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "subliminal": subliminally. (additional references) | |
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"Subliminal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sabinian, Solimena, subliminals, subliminar, subliminial, sublimital, sublinimal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "subliminal" (pronounced subli"munul) |
| 6 | -i" m u n u l | criminal, noncriminal. |
| 5 | -m u n u l | abdominal, luminal, nominal, phenomenal, seminal, terminal. |
| 4 | -u n u l | aberrational, aboriginal, additional, Arsenal, attitudinal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, coeducational, collisional, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, erosional, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, impersonal, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, marginal, medicinal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, personal, polygonal, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, sensational, sentinel, situational, superregional, supranational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, virginal, vocational. |
| 3 | -n u l | adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-l-m-n-s-u" | |
-2 letters: albinism, albumins, bulimias, minilabs. | |
-3 letters: aiblins, albumin, alliums, alumins, bulimia, liminal, luminal, minibus, minilab, misbill, mislain. | |
-4 letters: ablins, albums, alibis, allium, alumin, alumni, animis, animus, bialis, blains, blinis, busman, iambus, labium, limans, limbas, limbus, limina, limuli, linums, lumina, maills, miauls, mullas, muslin, nimbus, nubias, saimin, simian, simlin. | |
-5 letters: album, alibi, alums, amins, anils, animi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-l-m-n-s-u" | |
+2 letters: bilingualism, subliminally. | |
+3 letters: bilingualisms, unassimilable. | |
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