Freudian slip

noun
/ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/UK/ˌfɹɔɪdi.ən ˈslɪp/US

Etymology

Named after Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939).

Definitions

  1. A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious…

    A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.

    • After disposing of these general topics in a chapter entitled "The Manners of All Men" (but which, by some Freudian slip, we suppose, deals chiefly with 'The Impure Man')
    • Film has in fact enriched our world of perception, with methods which could be illustrated by Freudian theory. A Freudian slip in conversation would occur fifty years ago more or less unnoticed.
    • I always felt I was doing a bit of bluffing. I wondered the same when he referred to some of, his ideas being "away with the pixies", Freudian slip or did he intend[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA