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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to or being in accordance with the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.
  • noun A person who accepts the basic tenets of the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, especially a psychiatrist or psychologist who applies Freudian theory and method in conducting psychotherapy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective of or pertaining to Sigmund Freud.

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  • adjective Relating to or influenced by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and his methods of psychoanalysis.
  • adjective psychoanalysis Susceptible to analysis in terms of unconscious thoughts or desires.
  • noun A follower of Freud or his methods.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who follows the basic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud
  • adjective of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his psychoanalytic ideas

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Examples

  • Many begged for formal training in Freudian psychotherapy.

    The fundamentals of Freud come into fashion in China William Wan 2010

  • Many begged for formal training in Freudian psychotherapy.

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  • Several scholars have already detailed how remarkably Freudian is Shelley's treatment of these issues, and I draw especially on the evidence that

    Attached to Reading: Mary Shelley's Psychical Reality 2008

  • What's really very Freudian is both disciplines love stories about super heroes with non-human powers.

    MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Antithetical to Religion? 2008

  • The Doomsday Machine itself, the humongous planet killer, has been variously described in Freudian terms or else as a "gigantic horn of plenty."

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  • Unfortunately, Alex, I've now tunneled under Pruned's Chicago offices, leaving you stranded above a thousand mile honeycomb of empty networked passages, on the verge of collapse, in Freudian glee, replacing your earth's surface with hollows, a loss of structure, anti-solidity, this terrestrial eggshell you may one day find yourself cracking through.

    Tunnel-Digging as a Hobby 2006

  • You might say he is my favorite "conservative liberal Republican" (as he recently described himself in what some called a Freudian slip).

    Dave Tiffany: McCain Told Me 100 Years 2008

  • While a major part of the film is the concept of randomness as it relates to the dream world (Stephane terms a chief aspect of the science of sleep “PSR” – Parallel Synchronized Randomness), the storyline is also largely based in Freudian subconscious theory.

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  • I think what you are going to hear from the conservative side of things is the phrase Freudian slip.

    CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2006 2006

  • In the popular usage of this phrase, the word Freudian is synonymous with 'sexual,' the word 'sexual' is synonymous with 'genital,' while the question 'What does the word' symbol 'mean?' is answered, if it is asked at all, by saying that it is something that stands for something else.

    Is Freudian Symbolism a Myth? Rycroft, Charles 1974

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