Sigmund

[sig-muhnd, seeg-moond, zeek-moont]

noun

1. (in theVolsunga Saga ) the son of Volsung and Liod; the father, through his sister, Signy, of Sinfjotli; the husband first of Borghild, then of Hjordis; and the father of Sigurd.

2. (in theNibelungenlied ) the king of the Netherlands and father of Siegfried.

3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “victory” and “protection.”

Sigmund

/ ˈziːkmʊnt, ˈsɪɡmənd, ˈsiːɡmʊnd /

noun

1. Norse myth the father of the hero Sigurd

2. Also called: Siegmund. German myth king of the Netherlands, father of Siegfried

Example Sentences

For Sigmund Freud religion is a personal projection in which primitive impulses crack the crust of civilized manners.

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Smith’s sly trick here is a bit of Freud-play: Lucian seen through the prism of his grandfather Sigmund, the family romance on steroids.

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Sigmund Freud urged analysts to be a “blank screen.”

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Weleda said a separate report in 2023 found no evidence Dr Sigmund Rascher tested the cream on prisoners kept in freezing conditions for hours.

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As Anne Benvenuti, a professor emerita of Psychology and Philosophy at Cerro Coso Community College in California, put it in a 2016 paper in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, "While convergent research on animal cognition, emotion, and behavior has increasingly pointed in the direction of animal “personhood,” interdisciplinary research in human cognition has simultaneously confirmed Sigmund Freud's hypothesis that not only are human beings not always self-aware and rational, but also the human unconscious mind motivates much of human behavior; and that human consciousness is fragmented at best."

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