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Freudian slip

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Freudian slip
n.
A verbal mistake that is thought to reveal a repressed belief, thought, or emotion.
Freudian slip
Noun
a slip of the tongue that may reveal an unconscious wish
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Noun1.Freudian slip - a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
parapraxis, slip-up, miscue, slip - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.


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