superliminal

== English == === Alternative forms === super-liminal === Etymology === From super- +‎ liminal. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === superliminal (comparative more superliminal, superlative most superliminal) (psychology, physiology, of mental activity) Of, pertaining to, or involving conscious awareness; above the threshold of the subconscious. 1924, James P. C. Southall (translator), Hermann von Helmholtz (author), Helmholtz's Treatise on Physiological Optics Volume 1 (1962 Dover edition, a translation of Handbuch der Physiologischen Optik, 1867), p. 367 (Google snippet view): If the illumination is steadily increased from sub-liminal to super-liminal values, the deeply saturated colour will come out from the blackness. (rare, philosophy, parapsychology, of mental activity) Of, pertaining to, or involving a supposed kind of awareness which is above and beyond the experiential range of normal consciousness. ==== Antonyms ==== subliminal ==== See also ==== superluminal