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Freudian slips

Freudian slips is the plural of Freudian slip.

Meaning of Freudian slip

Noun

Freudian slip (plural Freudian slips)

  1. A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.
    • 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')1936, John G. Jenkins, “The Anatomy of Personality”, in Psychological Bulletin, volume 33, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 667–669
    Synonyms:
    parapraxis

Questions about Freudian slips

What is Freudian slips the plural of?
Freudian slips is the plural of Freudian slip.

Words near Freudian slips in the dictionary

  1. freudenfreude
  2. Freudenheim
  3. Freudenheims
  4. freudian
  5. Freudian slip
  6. Freudian slips
  7. Freudiana
  8. Freudianism
  9. Freudianisms
  10. Freudianist
  11. Freudianists

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