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Freudian slip

–noun
(in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
Compare parapraxis.


Origin:
1950–55
Freudian slip  
n.  A verbal mistake that is thought to reveal a repressed belief, thought, or emotion.

Freudian slip

An error in speech that reveals repressed thoughts or feelings; for example, accidentally calling one's wife “Mom.”


Main Entry: Freudian slip
Function: noun
: a slip of the tongue that is motivated by and reveals some unconscious aspect of the mind

Freudian slip n.
A verbal mistake that is thought to reveal an unconscious belief, thought, or emotion.

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