vb (mainly tr) , -strues, -struing or -strued. 1. to interpret the meaning of (something): you can construe that in different ways. 2. (may take a clause as object) to discover by inference; deduce. 3. (Grammar) to analyse the grammatical structure of; parse (esp a Latin or Greek text as a preliminary to translation) 4. (Grammar) to combine (words) syntactically.
The collective unconscious is a term coined by psychoanalyst Carl Jung and refers to the unconscious mind shared by all of humanity. It is composed of archetypes, which are simple representations of universal figures and relationships.
Recurrent plot pattern, image, descriptive detail, or character that evokes from the reader strong but illogical responses. Term via Carl Jung in literary criticism, believing that the mind was composed of three parts: the personal conscious, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. Lying deep within the mind in the collective unconscious is the collective knowledge of humanity, the memories of humanity's past.