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.
According to Jung, the human collective unconscious is populated by instincts and by archetypes: universal symbols such as the Great Mother, the Wise Old Man, the Shadow, the Tower, Water, the Tree of Life, and many more.