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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.
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
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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