FREUDIAN SLIP


Meaning of FREUDIAN SLIP in English

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

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .