Freudian slip
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Etymology
Named after Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939).
Pronunciation
Noun
Freudian slip (plural Freudian slips)
- (psychology) A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.
- Synonym: parapraxis
- 1936, John G. Jenkins, “The Anatomy of Personality”, in Psychological Bulletin, volume 33, number 8, , →ISSN, pages 667–669:
- After disposing of these general topics in a chapter entitled "The Manners of All Men" (but which, by some Freudian slip, we suppose, deals chiefly with 'The Impure Man')
- 1938, Dennis Redmond, transl., The Work of Art in the Epoch of its Technical Reproducibility, translation of original by Walter Benjamin, archived from the original on 5 March 2016:
- Film has in fact enriched our world of perception, with methods which could be illustrated by Freudian theory. A Freudian slip in conversation would occur fifty years ago more or less unnoticed.
- 1989 April 11, Barbara Hooks, “Comedy finds balance that avoids prejudice”, in The Age, page 14:
- I always felt I was doing a bit of bluffing. I wondered the same when he referred to some of, his ideas being "away with the pixies", Freudian slip or did he intend […]
- 1989 November 29, Robert Bianco, “Memo by WPXI staffers alleges offensive remark by news director”, in The Pittsburgh Press, page D12:
- After reviewing a tape of a newscast done by our candidate, in my enthusiasm I made my Freudian slip
- 2015 April 28, Martin Shovel, quoting Joe Biden, “I'm sorry, I'll say that again – the rhetorical trick of metanoia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- You know, folks, that’s the America that George Bush has left us. And that’s the America we’ll continue to get if George – excuse me, if John McCain is elected president of the United States of America. Freudian slip. Freudian slip.
Translations
subconscious mistake in speech or action
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