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freudian slip

 

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Noun freudian slip has 1 sense
  1. Freudian slip - 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
    --1 is a kind of
    slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis

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Term: Freudian Slip


Description:

A Freudian Slip refers to an unintentional error in speech, memory, or behavior that reveals an unconscious, repressed thought or desire. Coined after Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, this term suggests that such slips might reveal underlying, hidden wishes or thoughts that are typically kept hidden or suppressed.

Sample Sentences:

  1. During his presentation, John mistakenly referred to his boss's wife as his own. It was a classic Freudian slip.
  2. I often find myself making Freudian slips when discussing topics related to my childhood.
  3. Jane blurted out her secret crush's name while talking to her best friend, not realizing what she had said until it was too late. It was a embarrassing Freudian slip.

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