adj. Psychology
- Below the threshold of conscious perception. Used of stimuli.
- Inadequate to produce conscious awareness but able to evoke a response: subliminal propaganda.
[SUB- + Latin līmen, līmin-, threshold.]
subliminally sub·lim'i·nal·ly adv.
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