Definition of Freudian slip

1. Noun. A slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals.

Generic synonyms: Miscue, Parapraxis, Slip, Slip-up

Definition of Freudian slip

1. Noun. A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows his or her true subconscious desires. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Freudian Slip

Fresnel
Fresnel fringes
Fresnel lamp
Fresnel lantern
Fresnel lens
Fresnel lenses
Fresnel prism
Fresnel reflection
Fresnel zone plate
Fresnel zone plates
Fresno
Freud
Freud's theory
Freudian
Freudian psychology
Freudian slip (current term)
Freudian slips
Freudianisms
Freudianly
Freudians
Freudism
Freund's anomaly
Freund's complete adjuvant
Freund's incomplete adjuvant
Freund's operation
Frey
Frey's hairs
Frey's syndrome
Frey effect

Literary usage of Freudian slip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
"Whether it was a Freudian slip or not, I think his conscience was getting to him. Pregnancy vaccine or not, what they had in place was only one notch away ..."

2. Information Technology: An Audit Guide for Assessing Acquisition Risks (1994)
"... about and that's what we want to have happen, Freudian slip about improving teachers and I think indeed choice has the possibility for doing that. ..."

3. The Jewish Travel Guide by Betsy Sheldon (2001)
"The Cooper Shop has heen enlarged and sells exhibit-related merchandise (currently kitschy Freud-themed items such as Freudian slip notepaper and Freudian ..."

4. I Love You Madly! On Passion, Personality and Personal Growthby Robert M. Gordon, Ph.D., BookSurge, LLC, Ph.D. Robert M Gordon by Robert M. Gordon, Ph.D., BookSurge, LLC, Ph.D. Robert M Gordon (2006)
"Karen blushes, holds her hands over her face, and says, "That is such a Freudian slip! Don't you say another word!" Karen's acknowledgment of this slip is a ..."

5. The Great Limbaugh Con: And Other Right-Wing Assaults on Common Sense by Charles M. Kelly (1994)
"She should realize she's made a self-damning Freudian slip. The kinds of people she holds in contempt, intellectual or not, are the ones who have ..."

6. Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians by Michael Matthew Kaylor (2006)
"This poem is not just a 'slip', like the Freudian slip of writing 'freshmen' instead of 'freshness'. 1 All quotations from Hopkins's poetry are from The ..."

7. Unauthorized "Half-Blood Prince" Update: News and Speculation about Harry by W. Frederick Zimmerman (2004)
"... JK Rowling may have made a Freudian slip when she wrote in September that she “actually voted in the ‘Who's the Half-Blood Prince?” poll at MuggleNet. ..."

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