subliminal
adjective/ˌsʌbˈlɪmɪnl/
/ˌsʌbˈlɪmɪnl/
- affecting your mind even though you are not aware of it
- There are strict laws against subliminal advertising.
- Rumours of a subliminal message in the song have never been proved.
- The effects on the observer can be subliminal.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySubliminal is used with these nouns:- message
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from sub- ‘below’ + Latin limen, limin- ‘threshold’ + -al.Definitions on the go
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