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→Sigmund Freud
Although the term "[[unconscious]]" had been used by writers prior to [[Freud]], it acquires a completely original meaning in his work, in which it constitutes the single most important concept.
===Freud's Definition===
[[Freud]] distinguished between two uses of the term "[[unconscious]]."<ref>{{F}} "[[Works of Sigmund Freud|The Unconscious]]." 1915e. [[SE]] XIV, 161</ref>
=====Adjective=====
As an ''adjective'', it simply refers to ''mental processes'' that are not the [[subject]] of [[conscious]] attention at a given moment.