Freudian
adjective
of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
anti-Freudian
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a word derived from
Freudian.
Example Sentences
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He touted the idea with an anti-Freudian maxim: “There’s more to the surface than meets the eye.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
At the same time “Wild Grass” might be described as anti-Freudian.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2010
Indeed he can, according to Abraham A. Low, a Vienna-trained anti-Freudian psychiatrist who settled in Chicago in 1922.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cognitive therapy is one of the most virulently anti-Freudian strains of post-Freudian therapy, and it has become one of the dominant approaches to therapy today.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nevertheless, a feminist, anti-Freudian thread runs throughout her work.
From Time Magazine Archive
