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.
Carl Jung (1875â1961). One of Carl Jungâs most compelling and unique contributions to the understanding of human psychology was his idea of the collective unconscious and the archetypes within it. It was through this insight that Jung made the ancient and archaic relevant to the world of today.