Freudian
adjective
Freud·ian
ˈfrȯi-dē-ən 
: of, relating to, or according with the psychoanalytic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud
Freudian
noun
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Its storytelling is straightforward, familiar, and even didactic, culminating in a dime-store Freudian sequence which flashes back to a moment from John’s childhood in which his father wins a painting contest at a local fair.
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The sense of descending into the Freudian subconscious, a place of repressed emotions and desires, is relayed just as keenly here as in the original.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
If that Freudian slip was our cold civil war's Fort Sumter, then Obama's presidency that followed was the extended opening campaign.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
That’s a little on the nose from a Freudian perspective.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The sense of descending into the Freudian subconscious, a place of repressed emotions and desires, is relayed just as keenly here as in the original.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
If that Freudian slip was our cold civil war's Fort Sumter, then Obama's presidency that followed was the extended opening campaign.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
That’s a little on the nose from a Freudian perspective.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Freudian
adjective
Freud·ian
ˈfrȯid-ē-ən
: of, relating to, or according with the psychoanalytic theories or practices of Freud
Freudian
noun
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