underthreshold

adjective

1. Positioned below a threshold.

2. Being below the threshold or outside of the ordinary limits of consciousness; subconscious; subliminal.

   The notion "underthreshold" is to be explained as all that which is under the ordinary threshold or outside the customary bounds of consciousness; [...]

Where it comes from

From under- + threshold, probably a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literally “under-threshold”), from unter- (“under-”) + Schwelle (“threshold”). More at under, sill.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry underthreshold (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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