Freud
Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
Lucian, 1932–2011, British painter, born in Germany; grandson of Sigmund Freud.
Sig·mund [sig-muhnd; German zeekh-moont], /ˈsɪg mənd; German ˈzix mʊnt/, 1856–1939, Austrian neurologist: founder of psychoanalysis.
Other words from Freud
- anti-Freud, adjective
- pro-Freud, adjective
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How to use Freud in a sentence
It was as if he were saying, give them a little Freud, maybe they'll let me alone.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis inner world, as Freud and others had previously suggested, was a fiction of repressed fantasies, dreams, and visions.
Joseph O'Neill's 'The Dog' Has a Dystopian Dubai as Modernity's Stand-In | J.P. O’Malley | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud began to explore in earnest the similarities between neurotic behavior and ritual.
The Midichlorians Made Me Do It: Can Microbes Explain Religion? | Michael Schulson | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFreud coined the term to describe the uncomfortable feeling of the familiar suddenly turned foreign.
The Fiction Writer Shirley Jackson Stars in Her Own Novel | Hugh Ryan | June 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe central focus is a single photograph of British painter Lucian Freud.
He has attempted in an artistic way to get beneath what Freud calls the "Psychic Censor" which edits all our suppressed desires.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousStekel,41 one of Freud's pupils, in an elaborate monograph, also lays stress on the sexual factor of the anxiety-neurosis.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollIt is only fair to admit that Margaret seems to have been a Freudian herself long before there was a Freud.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood BrounIt is true that Freud and his followers report cases which they regard as proving their thesis.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollJung follows Freud in pointing out as a classic example of the compensation in dreams, that of Nebuchadnezzar, in the Bible.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin
British Dictionary definitions for Freud
/ (frɔɪd) /
Anna . 1895–1982, Austrian psychiatrist: daughter of Sigmund Freud and pioneer of child psychoanalysis
Sir Clement . 1924–2009, British broadcaster, writer, politician, and chef; best known as a panellist on the radio game show Just a Minute; grandson of Sigmund Freud
Lucian . 1922–2011, British painter, esp of nudes and portraits; grandson of Sigmund Freud
Sigmund (ˈziːkmʊnt). 1856–1939, Austrian psychiatrist; originator of psychoanalysis, based on free association of ideas and analysis of dreams. He stressed the importance of infantile sexuality in later development, evolving the concept of the Oedipus complex. His works include The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) and The Ego and the Id (1923)
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