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Undermined vs Undermind - What's the difference?

undermined | undermind |

As a verb undermined

is past tense of undermine.

As a noun undermind is

the subconscious mind or self.

undermined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (undermine)

    • undermine

    English

    Verb

    (undermin)
  • To dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 312:
    • Martin, for instance, had on one occasion undermined a tree sacred to old gods, then stood in the path of its fall, but forced it to fall elsewhere by making the sign of the Cross.
  • (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 19, author=Josh Halliday, work=the Guardian
    • , title= Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , passage=The growing use of social media to spread anger and dissent in the Arab world has been hailed by western governments as one of the chief justifications for a completely unfettered internet. The US is reportedly funding the secret rollout of technology in Iran in an effort to undermine internet censors in the country.}}

    Antonyms

    * undergird

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    undermind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The subconscious mind or self.
  • *1909 , Percy Dearmer, Body and soul :
    • The doctor assists the undermind', and his assistance is often utterly indispensable: for instance, he "sets" a broken limb, and gives the ' undermind every assistance, [...]
  • The unconscious mind; intuition.
  • *2010 , Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner, Riding the Waves of Innovation :
    • Others have named this "tortoise mind" as intuition, or the unconscious, and the id. Caxton goes on to name it the "undermind ."

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