subliminal

English

Etymology

Morphologically sub- + Latin līmen (“threshold”) (genitive līminis) + -al, a calque of German unterschwellig (“beneath the threshold”).

Adjective

subliminal (comparative more subliminal, superlative most subliminal)

1. (of a stimulus) Below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response.

Synonyms

• underthreshold

Translations

below the threshold of conscious perception

• Finnish: alitajuinen (fi), tiedostamaton (fi)
• Georgian: ქვეცნობიერი (ka) (k’vec’nobieri)
• German: unterbewusst, unterschwellig, subtil

• Greek: παρασυνειδησιακός (el) (parasyneidisiakós) m
• Russian: сублиминальный (ru) (subliminalʹnyj), подсознательный (ru) (podsoznatelʹnyj)
• Spanish: subliminal (es)

Related terms

• subliminally

Derived terms

• subliminal advertising
• subliminal message

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French

Adjective

subliminal m (feminine subliminale, masculine plural subliminaux, feminine plural subliminales)

1. subliminal

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Spanish

Adjective

subliminal m and f (plural subliminales)

1. subliminal