Freud

[ froid; German froit ]

noun

1. Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
2. Lucian, 1932–2011, British painter, born in Germany; grandson of Sigmund Freud.
3. Sig·mund [sig, -m, uh, nd, zeekh, -m, oo, nt], 1856–1939, Austrian neurologist: founder of psychoanalysis.

Freud

/ frɔɪd /

noun

1. FreudAnna18951982FAustrianMEDICINE: psychiatrist Anna . 1895–1982, Austrian psychiatrist: daughter of Sigmund Freud and pioneer of child psychoanalysis
2. FreudSir Clement19242009MBritishFILMS AND TV: broadcasterWRITING: writerPOLITICS: politicianCOOKERY: chef 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
3. FreudLucian19222011MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Lucian . 1922–2011, British painter, esp of nudes and portraits; grandson of Sigmund Freud
4. FreudSigmund18561939MAustrianMEDICINE: psychiatrist 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)

Other Words From

• anti-Freud adjective
• pro-Freud adjective

Example Sentences

It was as if he were saying, give them a little Freud, maybe they'll let me alone.

From The Daily Beast

This inner world, as Freud and others had previously suggested, was a fiction of repressed fantasies, dreams, and visions.

From The Daily Beast

In the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud began to explore in earnest the similarities between neurotic behavior and ritual.

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Freud coined the term to describe the uncomfortable feeling of the familiar suddenly turned foreign.

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The central focus is a single photograph of British painter Lucian Freud.

From The Daily Beast

He has attempted in an artistic way to get beneath what Freud calls the "Psychic Censor" which edits all our suppressed desires.

From Project Gutenberg

Stekel,41 one of Freud's pupils, in an elaborate monograph, also lays stress on the sexual factor of the anxiety-neurosis.

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It is only fair to admit that Margaret seems to have been a Freudian herself long before there was a Freud.

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It is true that Freud and his followers report cases which they regard as proving their thesis.

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Jung follows Freud in pointing out as a classic example of the compensation in dreams, that of Nebuchadnezzar, in the Bible.

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