Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Subpoena

    The process of commanding a witness to appear and testify before a judicial or other official body. A writ directing appearance of a person in court. A legal document requiring that a person appear at court at a specified time to testify as a witness. If the person is required to supply certain documents (such…

  • Subordination

    In sociology, the placing of a group or class in a lower rank relative to another group. The state of being under control or dominance. The state of organs that are influenced or regulated by other organs.  

  • Submental

    Under the chin.  

  • Subliminal perception

    The assumed fact that stimuli below the absolute threshold have an effect on perception.  

  • Subliminal advertising

    Advertising that stimulates a person’s unconsciousness subliminal perception.  

  • Subliminal

    Below the threshold of consciousness a stimulus is present, but the person is unaware of its presence. Below the threshold of sensation. Too slight to be noticed by the senses. Below the threshold of sensation; too weak to arouse sensation or muscular contraction. Under the level of conscious perception or awareness.  

  • Sublimaze

    A commercial preparation of fentanyl.  

  • Sublethal gene

    A lethal gene with delayed effect. The gene, in proper combination with other elements of heredity or environmental factors, kills its possessor in infancy, childhood, or adulthood.  

  • Subject matter

    Topical content, such as facts, theories, controversies, and ideas appropriate to the needs, interests, and developmental levels of the learner.  

  • Subjectivism

    A philosophy that our knowledge is produced by own minds, that the external world is either denied or viewed as unimportant.  

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