51³Ō¹Ļ

Advertisement

Advertisement

Freudian

[froi-dee-uhn]

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.



noun

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

Freudian

/ ˈ“ڰłÉ”ÉŖ»åÉŖÉ™²Ō /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his ideas

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who follows or believes in the basic ideas of Sigmund Freud

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Freudian

  1. Pertaining to or agreeing with the theories of Sigmund Freud.

Discover More

Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • Freudianism noun
  • anti-Freudian adjective
  • anti-Freudianism noun
  • post-Freudian adjective
  • pro-Freudian adjective
  • ˈ¹ó°ł±š³Ü»å¾±²¹²Ōˌ¾±²õ³¾ noun
Discover More

51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of Freudian1

First recorded in 1905–10; Freud + -ian
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

And psychoanalyze all the movies on a Freudian level.

From

To Didion’s Freudian analyst, the mother-daughter dynamic was everything, and the book suggests that the mother fell short.

From

It’s Freudian in a way that will make some people queasy.

From

There’s no room for subtlety, but the Freudian monster she creates hits her fiendishly funny marks.

From

Then he had his interim period, then he got into the Freudian stuff, ā€œVertigo,ā€ ā€œMarnie,ā€ ā€œThe Birds,ā€ etc.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


FreudFreudian slip