Freudian
adjective
Freud·ian
ˈfrȯi-dē-ən 
: of, relating to, or according with the psychoanalytic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud
Freudian
noun
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But this warped and perverse thriller features a psychopathic twink antihero worthy of Pedro Almodóvar, and enough psychoanalytic fodder to fill years of sessions with the deepest Freudian head case.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
This Freudian excess is meant to explain Riley’s troubled Sense of Self.
To show Riley’s attempt to fit in with more confident girls on a hockey team, Inside Out 2 turns into yet another imitation of the atrocious, snarky Mean Girls.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 June 2024
This question arises considering the rapid evolution akin to Freudian/Jungian theories, where each successive ‘generation’ overcomes or integrates with its ‘parent.’
Eshed doesn’t think so.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
But, without getting too Freudian, Thomas also reminds us that none of these suffering creatures are — or are only — types.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
The truth, amply demonstrated in this biography, with so many pages devoted to the gentle coaxing of writers, is that editors exercise Freudian transference with their writers far more potently than Freudian analysts do with their patients.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
Rose recently had a row with Edith and her Freudian nightmare of a father (Timothy Spall), so there’s motive.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
Like crosswords, Freudian psychoanalysis runs on word association and linguistic substitutions.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
But, without getting too Freudian, Thomas also reminds us that none of these suffering creatures are—or are only—types.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
This Freudian excess is meant to explain Riley’s troubled Sense of Self.
To show Riley’s attempt to fit in with more confident girls on a hockey team, Inside Out 2 turns into yet another imitation of the atrocious, snarky Mean Girls.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 June 2024
This question arises considering the rapid evolution akin to Freudian/Jungian theories, where each successive ‘generation’ overcomes or integrates with its ‘parent.’
Eshed doesn’t think so.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
But, without getting too Freudian, Thomas also reminds us that none of these suffering creatures are — or are only — types.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
The truth, amply demonstrated in this biography, with so many pages devoted to the gentle coaxing of writers, is that editors exercise Freudian transference with their writers far more potently than Freudian analysts do with their patients.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
Rose recently had a row with Edith and her Freudian nightmare of a father (Timothy Spall), so there’s motive.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
Like crosswords, Freudian psychoanalysis runs on word association and linguistic substitutions.
—Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
But, without getting too Freudian, Thomas also reminds us that none of these suffering creatures are—or are only—types.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
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Freudian
adjective
Freud·ian
ˈfrȯid-ē-ən
: of, relating to, or according with the psychoanalytic theories or practices of Freud
Freudian
noun
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