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collective unconscious
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Definition of COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS
: the inherited part of the unconscious that especially in the psychoanalytic theory of C. G. Jung occurs in and is shared by all the members of a people or race
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First Known Use of COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS
1917
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collective unconscious
noun col·lec·tive unconscious \kə-ˈlek-tiv-\
Medical Definition of COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS
: the genetically determined part of the unconscious that especially in the psychoanalytic theory of C. G. Jung occurs in all the members of a people or race
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