Freudian slip

English

WOTD – 20 December 2008

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/
• IPA^(key): /ˌfɹɔɪdi.ən ˈslɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp

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Noun

Freudian slip (plural Freudian slips)

1. (psychology) A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.
   • 1936, “Review of The Anatomy of Personality”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     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, “The Work of Art in the Epoch of its Technical Reproducibility”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]:

     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, The Age‎^[3]:

     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, The Pittsburgh Press‎^[4]:

     After reviewing a tape of a newscast done by our candidate, in my enthusiasm I made my Freudian slip

   Synonym: parapraxis

Translations

subconscious mistake in speech or action

• Arabic: مُنْزَلَق فْرُويْد m (munzalaq froyd), زَلّة فْرُويْد f (zalla(t) froyd), هَفْوَة f (hafwa)
• Bulgarian: неволна грешка f (nevolna greška)
• Catalan: acte fallit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無意中說出心裡話／无意中说出心里话 (wúyìzhōng shuōchū xīnlihuà), 无意中说出心里话 (wúyìzhōng shuōchū xīnlǐhuà), 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ), 口誤／口误 (kǒuwù), 口误 (kǒuwù), 失言 (zh) (shīyán), 弗洛伊德式錯誤／弗洛伊德式错误 (Fúluòyīdé shì cuòwù), 弗洛伊德式错误 (Fúluòyīdé shì cuòwù), 動作倒錯／动作倒错, 动作倒错 (dòngzuò dàocuò)

• Czech: freudovské přeřeknutí n
• Dutch: freudiaanse verspreking f
• Estonian: alateadlik eksitus
• Finnish: freudilainen lipsahdus
• French: lapsus (fr) m, lapsus révélateur (fr) m, acte manqué (fr) m
• German: Freudscher Versprecher (de) m
• Greek: παραπραξία f (parapraxía)
• Hebrew: טָעוּת פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית f (ta'út froydyánit), פְּשִׁיטַת פֶּה פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית f (pshitát pe froydyánit), מַעֲשֶׂה כֶּשֶׁל m (ma'asé késhel)
• Hungarian: freudi elszólás
• Irish: sciorradh Freudach m, giorradh Freudach m
• Italian: lapsus (it) m, lapsus freudiano m, atto mancato m
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: لغزش زبان (fa) (loğazeš zabân)
• Polish: freudowska pomyłka f, przejęzyczenie freudowskie n
• Portuguese: ato falho m (Brazil), ato falhado m (Portugal), lapso freudiano m
• Punjabi: ਜੀਭ ਦੀ ਤਿਲਕਣ m (jībh dī tilkaṇ)
• Romanian: act ratat n
• Russian: огово́рка по Фре́йду f (ogovórka po Fréjdu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Фројдова о̀машка f

  Roman: Freudova òmaška f

• Spanish: acto fallido m, lapsus (es) m, desliz freudiano m, fallido (es) m, lapsus revelador m, parapraxis f
• Swedish: freudiansk felsägning c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Freudyen sürçme