anoetic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: an=o=et=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

anoetic, a. [Gr. unthinkable; priv. + perceptible, thinkable.].

•  Unthinkable.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Not subject to conscious attention; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being; characteristic of the “fringe” or “margin” of consciousness.  [1913 Webster]

  "Presentation considered as having an existence relatively independent of thought, may be called sentience, or anoetic consciousness. Thought and sentience are fundamentally distinct mental functions."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]