Freudian slip

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌfɹɔɪdi.ən ˈslɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp
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Noun[edit]

Freudian slip (plural Freudian slips)

  1. (psychology) A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.
    Synonym: parapraxis
    • 1936, John G. Jenkins, “The Anatomy of Personality”, in Psychological Bulletin[1], volume 33, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 667–669:
      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')
    • 1938, Dennis Redmond, transl., The Work of Art in the Epoch of its Technical Reproducibility[2], translation of original by Walter Benjamin, archived from the original on 5 March 2016:
      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.
    • 1989 April 11, Barbara Hooks, “Comedy finds balance that avoids prejudice”, in The Age, page 14:
      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 []
    • 1989 November 29, Robert Bianco, “Memo by WPXI staffers alleges offensive remark by news director”, in The Pittsburgh Press, page D12:
      After reviewing a tape of a newscast done by our candidate, in my enthusiasm I made my Freudian slip
    • 1993, Ruth M. Sprague, Wild Justice[3]:
      In response to several other questions posed by the panel, Ann Biggot proclaimed that she had no fear of reprisal for her testimony, but every so often a Freudian slip would break out from her careful answers.
    • 2015 April 28, Martin Shovel, quoting Joe Biden, “I'm sorry, I'll say that again – the rhetorical trick of metanoia”, in The Guardian[4], →ISSN:
      You know, folks, that’s the America that George Bush has left us. And that’s the America we’ll continue to get if George – excuse me, if John McCain is elected president of the United States of America. Freudian slip. Freudian slip.

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