Freudianadj.n.
/ˈfrɔɪdɪən/, U.S. /ˈfrɔɪdiən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Freud or his teaching.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [adjective]
Freudian1910
1910 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. Apr. 289 I recently dreamt that I was travelling to Italy on my way to the next Freudian Congress (which is to be held in March).
1915 E. B. Holt Freudian Wish p. vi The idea has gone abroad that the term ‘Freudian’ is somehow synonymous with ‘sexual’.
1919 Athenæum 23 May 360/2 Curative treatment based on Freudian theories.
1924 C. Hamilton Prisoners of Hope 149 Lady George..began singing ‘Not for Joe, oh no, no’, which, for some Freudian reason, had come into her mind out of the rag-bag of her childhood.
1964 A. Borowik How Many Miles to Babylon? xv. 95 A girl friend of mine..is married to a strict Freudian-type analyst.
B. n.
A follower or adherent of Freud.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [noun] > follower of
Freudian1914
1914 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Psychopathol. Everyday Life iii. 44 The Freudians will continue looking for the causes of mental diseases.
1922 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. xix. 505 The Freudian would shake his head at our interpretation of the lightning dream.
Compounds
Freudian censor n. = censor n. 4.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > sublimation of libido > [noun] > repressive force
censor1912
censorship1924
Freudian censor1927
1912 Maclean's Nov. 152/1 But the ‘censor’, to use the Freudian terminology, is easily deceived.]
1927 A. Huxley Proper Stud. 95 The Freudian censor is a real person with lodgings inside the skull.
Freudian slip n. an unintentional mistake that seems to reveal a subconscious intention.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [noun] > revealing error
parapraxia1912
parapraxis1916
Freudian slip1959
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > of inadvertence
oversight1531
overslip1584
scape1669
bevue1716
escape1844
Freudian slip1959
1959 Listener 13 Aug. 257/2 A Freudian slip of the tongue at a dinner party.
1963 ‘N. Blake’ Deadly Joker iii. 51 It was an odd little slip of the tongue... They call them Freudian slips nowadays.
Derivatives
ˈFreudianism n.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [noun]
Freudism1921
Freudianism1923
neo-Freudianism1924
1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Apr. 245/2 Once or twice he strains us with a Freudianism.
1924 E. Paul & C. Paul tr. F. Wittels Sigmund Freud 225 Able thinkers who have no intimate connexion with Freudianism.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 533/4 M. Sartre's own existentialism..making it, potentially at least, much more nourishing than the other two forms of Weltanschauung which have divided the mind and heart of Europe..Marxism and Freudianism.
1971 New Yorker 27 Feb. 57/1 It is such a primitive kind of Freudianism that..it hardly seems Freudian at all now.
ˈFreudism n. the teaching or system of Freud; a characteristic specimen of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [noun]
Freudism1921
Freudianism1923
neo-Freudianism1924
1921 19th Cent. Mar. 477 The attitude of the new school towards Freudism.
1943 Mind 52 78 He distinguishes very properly between the psycho-analytical technique..and what he calls: ‘Freudism’—the hypotheses and ‘philosophy’ which has been built up on the revelations for which the technique is responsible.
ˈFreudianly adv. in a Freudian manner.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [adverb]
Freudianly1955
1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life (1956) ii. 37 He did not see quite how it worked Freudianly.
1966 Guardian 25 Mar. 8/2 We think we can explain these flaws nowadays, Freudianly or otherwise.
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