Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows his or her true subconscious desires.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
Etymologies
- Named for psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. (Wiktionary)
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Words that I used to know.
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Is that a cigar in your pocket. . .?
Or are you just Freudian?
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Formal Essay Words
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jmjarmstrong JM reckons a Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. Aug 12, 2011