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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: below the threshold of conscious perception

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: sub- + Latin limin-, limen threshold Date: 1886 1. inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception 2. existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness <the subliminal mind> <subliminal advertising> • subliminally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Psychol. (of a stimulus etc.) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness. Phrases and idioms: subliminal advertising the use of subliminal images in advertising on television etc. to influence the viewer at an unconscious level. subliminal self the part of one's personality outside conscious awareness. Derivatives: subliminally adv. Etymology: SUB- + L limen -inis threshold

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Subliminal Sub*lim"i*nal, a. [Pref. sub- + L. limen threshold.] (Philos.) Existing in the mind, but below the surface or threshold of consciousness; that is, existing as feeling rather than as clear ideas.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Subliminal influences or messages affect your mind without you being aware of it. Colour has a profound, though often subliminal influence on our senses and moods. ...subliminal advertising. ADJ: usu ADJ n