See Also: Freudian(medicine)
Freudian(dictionary)
pre-Freudian(dictionary)
Freudian(dictionary)
freudian psychoanalysis(medicine)
freudian theory(medicine)
post-Freudian(dictionary)
Freudian slip(dictionary)

Freudian (iou)



Freudian adjective & noun. E20.
[from Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis: see -IAN.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to Freud or his methods or theories of psychoanalysis; loosely relating to (supposed) unconscious feelings. E20.
Freudian slip an unintentional (esp. spoken) error that seems to reveal subconscious feelings.
S. Spender A Freudian argument which told me that I only troubled about these things out of a sense of guilt. J. I. M. Stewart There was something Freudian about my forgetfulness.
b. noun. A follower of Freud or his methods. E20.
Freudianism noun the theory, system, or methods of Freudian psychoanalysis E20.
Freudianly adverb M20.