Freud (redirected from Sigmund)

Freud (froid), Anna 1895-1982.

Austrian-born British psychoanalyst noted for her application of psychoanalysis to child therapy.

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Freud, Sigmund 1856-1939.

Austrian physician and founder of psychoanalysis who theorized that the symptoms of hysterical patients represent forgotten and unresolved infantile psychosexual conflicts. His psychoanalytic theories profoundly influenced 20th-century thought.

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Freud, Sigmund

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Etymology: Austrian neurologist, 1856-1939

founder of a complex integrated theory of psychologic causes of mental disorders, some, such as hysteria, with physical symptoms. Among tenets of freudian theory are that human beings are motivated by a pleasure principle; receive internal stimulation from a sex instinct and a death instinct; have personality structures that can be divided into ego, superego, and id; and have unconscious, preconscious, and conscious levels of mental activity. See also freudian, freudian fixation, freudianism.