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collective unconscious

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collective unconscious (plural collective unconsciouses)

(psychology) The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.

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Jung even asserted that he would have no objection to regarding the psyche as a quality of matter and matter as a concrete aspect of the psyche, provided that the psyche was understood to be the collective unconscious. Marie-Louise von Franz

I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious. David Letterman

The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult and almost primitive. Marc Maron

Male domination is so rooted in our collective unconscious that we no longer even see it. Pierre Bourdieu

You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know. Steven Spielberg

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon. Jon Krakauer

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