parapraxis | | |
n. (act) | 1. miscue, parapraxis, slip, slip-up | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.. |
| ~ error, fault, mistake | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" |
| ~ freudian slip | a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals. |
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