Freudianism

English

Alternative forms

• Freudism

Etymology

Freudian +‎ -ism

Noun

Freudianism (usually uncountable, plural Freudianisms)

1. (psychology, psychoanalysis) Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona, and the efficacy of the "talking cure" or psychoanalytic technique.

Derived terms

• neo-Freudianism

 

Translations

Freudian beliefs and practices

• Armenian: ֆրեյդիզմ (hy) (freydizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗洛伊主義／弗洛伊主义 (Fúluòyīdézhǔyì)

• Finnish: freudilaisuus (fi)
• French: freudisme (fr) m
• Hungarian: freudizmus (hu)
• Polish: freudyzm (pl) m
• Russian: фрейди́зм (ru) m (frejdízm)
• Turkish: Freudçuluk

See also

• ego
• id
• pleasure principle
• reality principle
• superego