Freudian
adjective
Freud·ian
ˈfrȯi-dē-ən 
: of, relating to, or according with the psychoanalytic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud
Freudian
noun
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Logic would be supplanted in favor of a deeper truth revealed through Freudian psychology.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Because Deborah hadn’t updated her emergency contact yet — a Freudian mistake?
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
To Didion’s Freudian analyst, the mother-daughter dynamic was everything, and the book suggests that the mother fell short.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Well versed in the Freudian thought that permeated 1950s America, Feiffer and Charles Schulz (the creator of Peanuts) were arguably the first cartoonists to give their characters inner lives.
—Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Because Deborah hadn’t updated her emergency contact yet — a Freudian mistake?
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
To Didion’s Freudian analyst, the mother-daughter dynamic was everything, and the book suggests that the mother fell short.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Well versed in the Freudian thought that permeated 1950s America, Feiffer and Charles Schulz (the creator of Peanuts) were arguably the first cartoonists to give their characters inner lives.
—Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
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Freudian
adjective
Freud·ian
ˈfrȯid-ē-ən
: of, relating to, or according with the psychoanalytic theories or practices of Freud
Freudian
noun
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