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pseudoconscious

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Seemingly or nearly conscious but not truly so; said of processes within the human mind, of people, of software, or of machines running software.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • investigating unconscious or pseudoconscious processes in psychology
  • The great problem with differentiating pseudoconscious from conscious machines is that operational definitions of criteria for "true" consciousness are elusively difficult to achieve, as Erik Hoel, one of various experts in that field, has explored expositorily for nonexperts.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pseudo- + conscious.