Freudian

[victor steinbok]

When someone says, "According to Freudian analysis...", that's "pertaining
to Freud. On the other hand, when he says, "That looks so Freudian," and
means that there is a phallic image, that's not "pertaining to Freud", no
matter how that expression might have been derived.

VS-)

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Ron Butters <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:

> These examples all fall well within the "pertaining to Freud's teachings"
> so a separate definition is unnecessary. Of course, there is often
> disagreement about what is or is not lexicosemantic and what is
> encyclopedic.
>
> Sent from my Droid Charge on Verizon 4GLTE
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: victor steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011 11:46:06 AM GMT-0400
> Subject: [ADS-L] Freudian
>
> There is an adjective and a noun entry in the OED. The adjective is only
> "Of
> or pertaining to Freud or his teaching." There is also "Freudian slip"
> under
> compounds, but no figurative/ironic sense of Freudian.
>
> Examples:
>
> http://goo.gl/o6m9z
>
> > Moreover, "fascinating new phrases like 'it's so Freudian' ... are on
> > everyone's lips" (8) and indeed, Lestat's life story, beginning with "his
> > great and unshakable love" for his mother, Gabrielle, is so "Freudian"
> that
> > one hardly needs to tease out the repressed content (30).
>
>
> http://goo.gl/ogFo6
> p. 79
> New York Magazine. Oct 15, 1984
> Colin Gregg's direction is carefully measured and unobtrusive; he is
> brooding, too, about art and family life, philosophy and love, the
> lighthouse (so male, so phallic, so Freudian) and the sea (rhythmic waves,
> mothering).
>
> Certainly, substitution of "Freudian" for "phallic" is quite common.
>
> VS-)
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