collective unconscious

noun

The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.

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Meanings

nouncollective unconscious (plural collective unconsciouses)

plural collective unconsciouses

  1. human sciencesThe common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.
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    It has been suggested that Prothean data recording is highly dependent on a certain point of view, what Carl Jung described as the collective unconscious. The 'cipher' needed to comprehend the images implanted in Shepard's mind is the cultural knowledge of a Prothean: the archetypes, biological instincts, and common experiences universal to the race.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Cipher Codex entry

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 集體潛意識 /集体潜意识, 集體無意識 /集体无意识
  • 集體潛意識 /集体潜意识 (jítǐ qiányìshí)experience of human species
  • 集體無意識 /集体无意识 (jítǐ wúyìshí)experience of human species
Czech kolektivní nevědomí
  • kolektivní nevědomíexperience of human species
Dutch collectief onbewuste
  • collectief onbewusteexperience of human species
Finnish kollektiivinen alitajunta
  • kollektiivinen alitajuntaexperience of human species
French inconscient collectif
  • inconscient collectifexperience of human species
German kollektives Unbewusstes
  • kollektives Unbewusstesexperience of human species
Hungarian kollektív tudattalan
  • kollektív tudattalanexperience of human species
Russian коллекти́вное бессозна́тельное
  • коллекти́вное бессозна́тельное (kollektívnoje bessoznátelʹnoje)experience of human species
Spanish inconsciente colectivo
  • inconsciente colectivoexperience of human species
Turkish kolektif bilinçdışı
  • kolektif bilinçdışıexperience of human species
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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