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Definition of Freud

1. Noun. Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939).

Definition of Freud

1. Proper noun. (surname from=German dot=) of (etyl de en) origin. ¹

2. Proper noun. Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Freud

1. Sigmund, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, 1856-1939, founder of psychoanalysis. See: freudian, freudian fixation, freudian psychoanalysis, freudian slip, Freud's theory. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Freud

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

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
"Freud has so lately published his "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis" that it seems hardly ... How much, if anything, did Freud have to do with this, ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1902)
"The alleged satisfaction of the judgment was made by Tiny Freud, as administratrix. It does not appear that any other of the appellants consented to the ..."

3. The Foundations of Psychology by Jared Sparks Moore (1921)
"Freud and Prince.—Two contemporary writers have propounded theories ... These psychologists are Drs. Sigmund Freud of Vienna, and Morton Prince of Boston. ..."

4. Dreams and Myths: A Study in Race Psychology by Karl Abraham (1913)
"Freud in common with J. Breuer in their " Studien iiber Hysteric" () started ... Freud saw this and drew wider and wider areas of the normal and diseased ..."

5. Roosevelt: A Study in Ambivalence by George Sylvester Viereck (1919)
"Psychoanalysis did not exist before Freud. Freud gave us the key to the soul. He teaches us how to know and how to be ourselves. But no one who truly knows ..."

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