Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
Freudianism

Freudianism

1 8.4
Ideas and methods that explain people's behavior using the unconscious mind and childhood experiences
  • noun
  • /ˈfrɔɪdiənˌɪzəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : freudianismo
  • The influence of Freudianism can be seen in various fields, including literature, art, and psychology.
  • Freudianism and Marxism

Examples

  • Marxism and Freudianism, for example, prospered for generations before being effectively contested.

    Academic text (1997)

  • And if you were a young postwar parent about to give birth to a baby boomer, Freudianism had something for you too.

    Academic text (1996)

  • According to Freudianism, if you say you hate your father, you hate your father; if you say you love your father, you also hate your father.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The second legacy from the early days of Freudianism was the freedom to be egoistic.

    Academic text (1996)

  • But the most powerful disseminating force during the years before and after the Great War was the cadre of writer-intellectuals who became patient advocates of psychoanalysis and Freudianism.

    Academic text (1996)

  • She then made the point that American Studies has tended to ignore Freudianism and that feminists, such as Kate Millett, have been hostile to its assumptions.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Unheedful of tradition, convention, loyalty to family, and parental wishes, Freudianism circa 1950 told the young that the only thing that counted was being true to oneself.

    Academic text (1996)

  • These assumptions of Freud and Jung represent—as Auden said about Freudianism—"a whole climate of opinion."

    Academic text (1995)

  • Freudianism emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind in shaping our thoughts and behaviors.

  • Many therapists incorporate elements of Freudianism into their practices to better understand their clients.

Synonyms

psychoanalysis
vsFreudianism
  • Specialized
14 8.1

A type of therapy where a trained person helps you find and understand hidden thoughts and feelings

emphasizes theories and methods for explaining behavior rather than therapeutic treatment
psychodynamics
vsFreudianism
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The study of how thoughts you notice and hidden feelings shape a person's character and actions

applies Freud's specific theories and methods rather than general process study
Freudian psychology
vsFreudianism
  • Specialized
6.3

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

focuses on methods and behavior interpretation rather than childhood emphasis

Compounds

pseudo-Freudianism
  • Formal
9.9

A wrong or shallow explanation of Freud's ideas

How Freudian

Freudianism
  • Specialized
1 8.4
pseudo-Freudianism
  • Formal
9.9

Surface Forms

Freudianism singular
Freudianisms plural

Morphology

Freudianism = Freudian (transparent) = Freud + ian + ism

Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ism' to the adjective 'Freudian', yielding the doctrine or system associated with Freud.

Etymology

Freudianism comes from the name Freud, the doctor who studied the mind, plus the endings -ian 'relating to' and -ism 'a system or belief'. So, Freudianism means the set of ideas from Freud about the unconscious mind and how it affects behaviour.