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n. - A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

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  • "parapraxis" (as Freud himself preferred to call this sort of thing) in one of the online reference works gives another academic example:
  • You wrote 'femous' instead of 'famous', which is a charming instance of pure Freudian parapraxis.
  • It's the same mentality that chose to render Freud's Besetzung by "cathexis," Fehlleistung by "parapraxis," and Ich by "ego."
  • Reik, who loved language, would have greatly enjoyed such a parapraxis.
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