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Freudian
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English
Alternative forms
en freudian
Etymology
en :af Freud -ian + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɹɔɪ.di.ən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Freudian.wav Southern England
Adjective
Of or relating to Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud's scientific theory and psychotherapy called psychoanalysis.
en Peter Wolson A World of Psychophobia w:Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-28-op-34827-story.html 2000-05-28 But perhaps the greatest threat of Freudian theory concerned what lurks in the unconscious mind. https://web.archive.org/web/20250510072217/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-28-op-34827-story.html 2025-05-10
Relating to or influenced by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
en psychoanalysis Susceptible to analysis in terms of unconscious thoughts or desires.
Coordinate terms
en Jungian (derived from Freud's student)
Derived terms
en anti-Freudian Freudianism Freudianist Freudianly Freudianness Freudian slip neo-Freudian post-Freudian pre-Freudian
Translations
relating to or influenced by Sigmund Freud
Catalan: ca freudià
Czech: cs freudovský
Danish: da freudiansk
Dutch: nl freudiaans
Finnish: fi freudilainen
French: fr freudien
Galician: gl freudiano
German: de Freudsch, de Freud'sch
Greek: el φροϋδικός
Hungarian: hu freudi
Italian: it freudiano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb freudiansk
Nynorsk: nn freudiansk
Polish: pl freudowski
Portuguese: pt freudiano m
Russian: ru фре́йдовский frɛ́jdovskij, ru фрейди́стский frɛjdístskij
Spanish: es freudiano
Swedish: sv freudiansk
susceptible to analysis in terms of unconscious thoughts or desires
Danish: da freudiansk
Hungarian: hu freudi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb freudiansk
Nynorsk: nn freudiansk
Russian: ru фрейди́стский frɛjdístskij, ru фре́йдовский frɛ́jdovskij
Swedish: sv freudiansk
Noun
A follower of Freud or his methods.
en Frederic Golden Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Person of the century w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/12/27/einstein.html 1999-12-27 To the world at large, relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the 1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian David Cassidy calls "the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene--the fall of monarchies, the upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century." https://web.archive.org/web/20251206202000/https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/12/27/einstein.html 6 December 2025
Translations
a follower of Sigmund Freud
Czech: cs freudista m, cs freudovec m
Danish: da freudianer c
Dutch: nl freudiaan m
Esperanto: eo freŭdulo, eo freŭdisto
Finnish: fi freudilainen
German: de Freudianer m
Greek: el φροϋδιστής m, el φροϋδίστρια f
Hungarian: hu freudista
Italian: it freudiano m
Norwegian: no freudianer m
Polish: pl freudysta m, pl freudystka f
Portuguese: pt freudiano m
Russian: ru фрейди́ст m
Spanish: es freudiano m
Swedish: sv freudian c
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