Freudianism
noun
Freudianism is a noun meaning “Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-U-D-I-A-N-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Freudianism is Freudianisms.
What does Freudianism mean?
noun
- 1
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Freudianism
- Freudianisms plural
- Freudism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Freudianism?
Freudianism appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Freudianism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Freudian beliefs and practices:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | freudisme |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Freudianism come from?
From Freudian + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).