Freudian slip en · NOUN
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Etymology
Named after Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939).
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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: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.
1938, Dennis Redmond, transl., The Work of Art in the Epoch of its Technical Reproducibility, translation of original by Walter Benjamin, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:In response to several other questions posed by the panel, Ann Biggot proclaimed that she had no fear of reprisal for her testimony, but every so often a Freudian slip would break out from her careful answers.
1993, Ruth M. Sprague, Wild Justice:After reviewing a tape of a newscast done by our candidate, in my enthusiasm I made my Freudian slip
1989 November 29, Robert Bianco, “Memo by WPXI staffers alleges offensive remark by news director”, in The Pittsburgh Press, page D12:You know, folks, that’s the America that George Bush has left us. And that’s the America we’ll continue to get if George – excuse me, if John McCain is elected president of the United States of America. Freudian slip. Freudian slip.
2015 April 28, Martin Shovel, quoting Joe Biden, “I'm sorry, I'll say that again – the rhetorical trick of metanoia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2024: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 April 11, Barbara Hooks, “Comedy finds balance that avoids prejudice”, in The Age, page 14:Mr. Vance said Omar Fateh, a Minnesota state senator of Somali descent, had previously run for mayor of “Mogadishu.” “I mean Minneapolis,” Mr. Vance said of the city with a large Somali American population. “Little Freudian slip there.”
2025 December 21, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, quoting JD Vance, “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
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it lapsus freudiano (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · es desliz freudiano (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · pt ato falhado (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · cs freudovské přeřeknutí (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · pa ਜੀਭ ਦੀ ਤਿਲਕਣ (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · pl freudowska pomyłka (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · yue 鬼拍後尾枕 /鬼拍后尾枕 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ar زَلّة فْرُويْد (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · cmn 無意中說出心裡話 /无意中说出心里话 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · it lapsus (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ar هَفْوَة (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · he טָעוּת פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ca acte fallit (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · cmn 口誤 /口误 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · pt lapso freudiano (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · sh Freudova òmaška (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · pt ato falho (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · cmn 弗洛伊德式錯誤 /弗洛伊德式错误 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ro act ratat (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · hu freudi elszólás (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · it atto mancato (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · sv freudiansk felsägning (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · de Freudsche Fehlleistung (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · fr acte manqué (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ga giorradh Freudach (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · tr Freudyen sürçme (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ja フロイト的失言 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · es lapsus revelador (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · et alateadlik eksitus (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ar مُنْزَلَق فْرُويْد (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · uk обмо́вка за Фро́йдом (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · cmn 動作倒錯 /动作倒错 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · sh Фројдова о̀машка (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ga sciorradh Freudach (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · he מַעֲשֶׂה כֶּשֶׁל (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · ru огово́рка по Фре́йду (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · fr lapsus révélateur (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · el παραπραξία (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · de Freudscher Fehler (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · es acto fallido (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · fi freudilainen lipsahdus (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · bg неволна грешка (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · cmn 漏嘴 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · es parapraxis (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · he פְּשִׁיטַת פֶּה פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · cmn 失言 (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · nl freudiaanse verspreking (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · de Freudscher Versprecher (subconscious mistake in speech or action) · fa لغزش زبان (subconscious mistake in speech or action)