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Definition: Freudian Slip |
Freudian SlipNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Error | Mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble; (failure); botchery; (want of skill); slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the pen; lapsus linguae, clerical error; bull; (absurdity); haplography. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Freudian slip is an error in human action, speech or memory that is caused by the unconscious mind. The error often appears to the observer as being casual, bizarre and nonsenical.
Although it is certainly true that not all errors done by humans can be explained as Freudian slips, such behaviour is often analyzed on the basis that they may be. "Sometimes the truth has a way of coming out in the most embarrassing and unexpected ways." Although this may be true in many cases, such analysis should certainly be treated by sceptisism.
Freud's theoretical focus on unconscious sexual motivations has resulted in a number of Freudian slip jokes where "embarrassing and unexpected" comments figure prominently. An example:
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| Language | Translations for "Freudian slip"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | dil sürçmesi (slip of the tongue). (various references) | |
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