adj. Psychology 1. Below the threshold of conscious perception. Used of stimuli. 2. Inadequate to produce conscious awareness but able to evoke a response: subliminal propaganda. [SUB- + Latin līmen, līmin-, threshold.] sub·limi·nal·ly adv. |
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