PARAPRAXIS (parapraxes)
Dictionary entry overview: What does parapraxis mean? • PARAPRAXIS (noun)
The noun PARAPRAXIS has 1 sense:
1. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Familiarity information: PARAPRAXIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PARAPRAXIS (noun)
Meaning:
A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
parapraxis; slip-up; miscue; slip
Hypernyms ("parapraxis" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parapraxis"):
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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