Freudian slip

Definition

A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.

Etymology

Named after Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939).

Example Sentences

• "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')"
• "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."
• "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[…]"