"Freudian slip" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/ [UK], /ˌfɹɔɪdi.ən ˈslɪp/ [US] Audio: en-us-Freudian slip.ogg , en-au-Freudian slip.ogg Forms: Freudian slips [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪp Etymology: Named after Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|psychoanalyst||||}} psychoanalyst, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Sigmund Freud}} Sigmund Freud, {{named-after|en|Sigmund Freud|born=1856|died=1939|nationality=Austrian|occ=psychoanalyst|wplink==}} Named after Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Freudian slip (plural Freudian slips)
  1. (psychology) A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires. Wikipedia link: Freudian slip Categories (topical): Psychology Synonyms: parapraxis Translations (subconscious mistake in speech or action): مُنْزَلَق فْرُويْد (munzalaq frūyd) [masculine] (Arabic), زَلّة فْرُويْد (alt: zalla(t) frūyd) [feminine] (Arabic), هَفْوَة (hafwa) [feminine] (Arabic), неволна грешка (nevolna greška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), acte fallit [masculine] (Catalan), 鬼拍後尾枕 (Chinese Cantonese), 鬼拍后尾枕 (gwai² paak³ hau⁶ mei⁵ zam²) (Chinese Cantonese), 無意中說出心裡話 (Chinese Mandarin), 无意中说出心里话 (wúyìzhōng shuōchū xīnlǐhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 口誤 (Chinese Mandarin), 口误 (kǒuwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 失言 (shīyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 弗洛伊德式錯誤 (Chinese Mandarin), 弗洛伊德式错误 (Fúluòyīdé shì cuòwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 動作倒錯 (Chinese Mandarin), 动作倒错 (dòngzuò dàocuò) (Chinese Mandarin), freudovské přeřeknutí [neuter] (Czech), freudiaanse verspreking [feminine] (Dutch), alateadlik eksitus (Estonian), freudilainen lipsahdus (Finnish), lapsus révélateur [masculine] (French), acte manqué [masculine] (French), Freudscher Fehler [masculine] (German), Freudsche Fehlleistung [feminine] (German), Freudscher Versprecher [masculine] (German), παραπραξία (parapraxía) [feminine] (Greek), טָעוּת פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית (ta'út froydyánit) [feminine] (Hebrew), פְּשִׁיטַת פֶּה פְרוֹיְדְּיָאנִית (pshitát pe froydyánit) [feminine] (Hebrew), מַעֲשֶׂה כֶּשֶׁל (ma'asé késhel) [masculine] (Hebrew), freudi elszólás (Hungarian), sciorradh Freudach [masculine] (Irish), giorradh Freudach [masculine] (Irish), lapsus [masculine] (Italian), lapsus freudiano [masculine] (Italian), atto mancato [masculine] (Italian), フロイト的失言 (Furoido-teki shitsugen) (alt: ふろいどてきしつげん) (Japanese), لغزش زبان (loğazeš zabân) (Persian), freudowska pomyłka [feminine] (Polish), ato falho [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), ato falhado [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), lapso freudiano [masculine] (Portuguese), ਜੀਭ ਦੀ ਤਿਲਕਣ (jībh dī tilkaṇ) [masculine] (Punjabi), act ratat [neuter] (Romanian), огово́рка по Фре́йду (ogovórka po Fréjdu) [feminine] (Russian), Фројдова о̀машка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Freudova òmaška [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), acto fallido [masculine] (Spanish), lapsus [masculine] (Spanish), desliz freudiano [masculine] (Spanish), fallido [masculine] (Spanish), lapsus revelador [masculine] (Spanish), parapraxis [feminine] (Spanish), freudiansk felsägning [common-gender] (Swedish), Freudyen sürçme (Turkish)

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          "text": "After reviewing a tape of a newscast done by our candidate, in my enthusiasm I made my Freudian slip",
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          "text": "You know, folks, that’s the America that George Bush has left us. And that’s the America we’ll continue to get if George – excuse me, if John McCain is elected president of the United States of America. Freudian slip. Freudian slip.",
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          "roman": "Fúluòyīdé shì cuòwù",
          "sense": "subconscious mistake in speech or action",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "atto mancato"
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      "word": "フロイト的失言"
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      "word": "freudowska pomyłka"
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      "word": "ato falho"
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      "sense": "subconscious mistake in speech or action",
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      "code": "pa",
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      "roman": "jībh dī tilkaṇ",
      "sense": "subconscious mistake in speech or action",
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      "word": "ਜੀਭ ਦੀ ਤਿਲਕਣ"
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      "word": "act ratat"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ogovórka po Fréjdu",
      "sense": "subconscious mistake in speech or action",
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      "word": "огово́рка по Фре́йду"
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      "word": "Фројдова о̀машка"
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      "word": "desliz freudiano"
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      "sense": "subconscious mistake in speech or action",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.