бессознательный

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1832. бес- (bes-) +‎ созна́ние (soznánije) +‎ -тельный (-telʹnyj), probably, a calque of German bewusstlos or besinnungslos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

бессозна́тельный (bessoznátelʹnyj) (comparative (по)бессозна́тельнее or (по)бессозна́тельней)

  1. unconscious
  2. involuntary, instinctive

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бессознательный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 55