Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Being above the threshold of consciousness or of sensation. Used of stimuli.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In psychophysics, lying above the stimulus limen or differential limen; more than just noticeable.
  • In psychical research, lying above the subliminal; pertaining to or characterized by clear or normal consciousness.

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  • adjective Being above the threshold of consciousness or of sensation. Used of stimuli.

Etymologies

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supra- +‎ liminal

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Examples

  • But what if "supraliminal" marketing gets to them first?

    unknown title 2009

  • But what if "supraliminal" marketing gets to them first?

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  • But what if "supraliminal" marketing gets to them first?

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  • They are "supraliminal," yet still beyond conscious control.

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  • But what if "supraliminal" marketing gets to them first?

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  • The world is filled with supraliminal and subliminal product placement -- whether that product is a commodity, a politician, an ideology, or a policy.

    Stephen Ducat: Propaganda 101: How to Decode Political Ads 2008

  • And all of the little messages, subliminal and supraliminal, that I've been pinging them with since day one are either having their effect, or not.

    The Home Stretch Bruce Schauble 2007

  • And all of the little messages, subliminal and supraliminal, that I've been pinging them with since day one are either having their effect, or not.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Bruce Schauble 2007

  • So the super-existentialist Sri Aurobindo, manifests a supra-normal familiarity with the intensities of our subliminal and supraliminal being.

    Hobbes and Ryle, Kant and Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Not subliminal and sinister, and not supraliminal and invading but just liminal

    Archive 2004-12-01 Jono 2004

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