anoetic
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
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An·o·et·ic
a.
1. Unthinkable. [Rare]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Psychol.) Not subject to conscious attention; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being; characteristic of the «fringe» or «margin» of consciousness.
Presentation considered as having an existence relatively independent of thought, may be called sentience, or anoetic consciousness. Thought and sentience are fundamentally distinct mental functions.G. F. Stout.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy:
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anoetic
(Greek, not perceived, not conscious) Preconscious or subliminal states of mind. See also noetic.
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