Definitions for Freudian

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Freudian Freud·i·an

Spelling: [froi-dee-uh n]

IPA: /ˈfrɔɪ di ən/

Freudian is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 351 anagrams from letters in Freudian (adefinru).

Definitions for Freudian

noun

1. a person, especially a psychoanalyst, who adheres to the basic doctrines of Freud.

adjective

1. of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.

Origin of Freudian

First recorded in 1905-10; Freud + -ian

Examples for Freudian

The Freudian school of psychologists calls this "sublimation."

By the early 20th century, Freudian ideas began changing attitudes toward intimacy.

He is quite Freudian in his indignation that any young woman should habit herself so.

In the Freudian psychology the dream is an expression of a suppressed wish.

He's a desperate Freudian, you know, and they're not nearly so good as the others.

On a Freudian level, this social stigma against bad mothers reflects a deep-seated anxiety about maternal relationships.

In moments of duress, a different self manifests with acts of destruction: unleashed id in Freudian, or Incredible Hulk, terms.

Instead, in an apparent Freudian slip, he said, “We must replace the discredited president.”

Quell is a feral creature; a personification of the Freudian id.

The unconscious is not, of course, the clue to the Freudian theory.