Freud
Americannoun
-
Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
-
Lucian, 1932–2011, British painter, born in Germany; grandson of Sigmund Freud.
-
Sigmund 1856–1939, Austrian neurologist: founder of psychoanalysis.
noun
-
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)
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
During my teens and then in therapy, I had read a lot of Freud, Carl Whitaker and R.D.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Freud is depicted on a chair and enclosed with an abstract black-lined box that could be interpreted as a mental cage of sorts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
During the Second World War, Anna Freud and her colleagues documented that children separated from caregivers suffered deeper and more enduring trauma than those exposed to bombing itself.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026
A revolutionary literary, theatrical and artistic movement, Surrealism—with Sigmund Freud as muse—liberated and mined dreams, fantasies, chance, childlike spontaneity and the unconscious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
I am wearing my Freud slippers, the fuzzy ones made to look like his face, and Target pajamas, the ones with the purple monkeys.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
