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Freudian

Freudian

21 7.2
About Sigmund Freud's idea that the unconscious mind shapes people's behaviour
  • adjective
  • /ˈfrɔɪdiən/
translation icon : freudiano
  • The therapist explained the patient's behavior from a Freudian perspective, focusing on unconscious motivations.
  • Freudian theory
  • Freudian psychoanalysis
  • Freudian model

A better Freudian slip there more ways than one.

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Examples

  • That was a Freudian slip.

  • In light of these findings, is Freudian dream theory viable or not?

  • So in this Freudian view, you have lost a loved one.

  • Now, one of the problems with the Freudian theory is that animals also dream.

  • Yeah, it's a Freudian slip, right?

  • I will answer dreams from a Freudian standpoint.

  • I know that sounds terribly Freudian, but in this case, I don't think it is.

  • The trial was a farce of Freudian proportions.

  • I have found clarifying their connections and their connections to Freudian psychoanalysis very, very helpful.

  • The Freudian concepts of the Id and the Superego are, in Jung's point of view, in constant struggle with each other.

Synonyms

psychoanalytic
vsFreudian
  • Specialized
4 7.9

Relating to a type of talk therapy that studies hidden thoughts and early childhood

emphasizes mental processes and motivations below conscious awareness
psychoanalytical
vsFreudian
  • Specialized
2 8.6

Ideas and methods that study the mind and thoughts you are not aware of, like Freud's

focuses more on unconscious mind and hidden motivations

Compounds

An accidental mistake in speech that shows hidden thoughts or feelings

Freudian psychology
  • Specialized
6.3

Ideas about the hidden part of the mind and early childhood that shape behaviour

How Psychoanalytic

Freudian
21 7.2
psychoanalytic
  • Specialized
4 7.9
psychodynamic
  • Specialized
1 7.9
psychological
543 4.5

Surface Forms

Freudian positive

Morphology

Freudian = Freud (transparent) = Freud + ian

Formed by attaching the adjectival suffix '-ian' to the name 'Freud', producing a straightforward relational adjective.

Etymology

Freudian comes from the name Freud and the ending -ian, which means 'belonging to' or 'connected with', like in Newtonian. So when something is called Freudian it relates to Sigmund Freud or his ideas about the unconscious mind.