Freudian slip

Freudian slip

English

WOTD – 20 December 2008

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/
• (US) 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)‎:

     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)‎:

     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:

     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:

     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 frūyd), زَلّة فْرُويْد‎ f (zalla(t) frūyd), 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 xīnlǐhuà), 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ), 口誤, 口误 (kǒuwù), 失言 (zh) (shīyán), 弗洛伊德式錯誤, 弗洛伊德式错误 (Fúluòyīdé shì cuòwù), 動作倒錯, 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 Fehler m, Freudsche Fehlleistung f, 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 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 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 (ru) 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