Meaning & use
parapraxis
A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue or a memory lapse, believed to reveal an unconscious thought.
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The therapist noted the patient's parapraxis when he called his wife by his ex-girlfriend's name.
Forgetting his boss's name twice in one meeting felt like an obvious parapraxis to his coworkers.
A note on using this word
Commonly known by the everyday term "Freudian slip," inspired by Sigmund Freud's theories of the unconscious mind.
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slip
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