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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARAPRAXIS

From para-1 + Greek praxis a doing, deed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARAPRAXIS

parapraxis  [ˌpærəˈpræksɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARAPRAXIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parapraxis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARAPRAXIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Freudian slip

A Freudian slip, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that is interpreted as occurring due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish, conflict, or train of thought guided by the ego and the rules of correct behaviour. They reveal a "source outside the speech". The concept is thus part of classical psychoanalysis. Slips of the tongue and of the pen are the classical parapraxes, but psychoanalytic theory also embraces misreadings, mishearings, temporary forgettings, and the mislaying and losing of objects.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARAPRAXIS


aerotaxis
ˌɛərəʊˈtæksɪs
anaphylaxis
ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs
axis
ˈæksɪs
chemoprophylaxis
ˌkɛməʊˌprəʊfəˈlæksɪs
chemotaxis
ˌkɛməʊˈtæksɪs
echopraxis
ˌɛkəʊˈpræksɪs
epistaxis
ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs
heliotaxis
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈtæksɪs
orthopraxis
ˈɔːθəˌpræksɪs
parataxis
ˌpærəˈtæksɪs
phototaxis
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtæksɪs
phylaxis
faɪˈlæksɪs
phyllotaxis
ˌfɪləˈtæksɪs
praxis
ˈpræksɪs
prophylaxis
ˌprɒfɪˈlæksɪs
sparaxis
spəˈræksɪs
stereotaxis
ˌstɛrɪəˈtæksɪs
synaxis
sɪˈnæksɪs
tachyphylaxis
ˌtækɪfɪˈlæksɪs
taxis
ˈtæksɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARAPRAXIS

paraphrastic
paraphrastical
paraphrenia
paraphysate
paraphyses
paraphysis
paraplanner
paraplegia
paraplegic
parapodia
parapodial
parapodium
parapophysial
parapophysis
paraprofessional
parapsychic
parapsychical
parapsychological
parapsychologist
parapsychology

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARAPRAXIS

brachyaxis
clinoaxis
geotaxis
homotaxis
hypotaxis
major axis
minor axis
neutral axis
optic axis
orthoaxis
polar axis
principal axis
rheotaxis
thermotaxis
thigmotaxis
trophallaxis
trophotaxis
x-axis
y-axis
z-axis

Synonyms and antonyms of parapraxis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parapraxis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARAPRAXIS

Find out the translation of parapraxis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parapraxis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parapraxis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

parapraxis
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

operación fallida
570 millions of speakers

English

parapraxis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parapraxis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خطل الأداء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

парапраксия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parapraxia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

parapraxis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acte manqué
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parapraxis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fehlleistung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

parapraxis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

parapraxis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parapraxis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

parapraxis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parapraxis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅराप्रॅक्सिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parapraxis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

atto mancato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parapraxis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парапраксія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parapraxis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

parapraxis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parapraxis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parapraxis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parapraxis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parapraxis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAPRAXIS»

The term «parapraxis» is used very little and occupies the 154.100 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAPRAXIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parapraxis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARAPRAXIS»

Discover the use of parapraxis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parapraxis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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German Cinema - Terror and Trauma Since 1945: Cultural ...
On the one hand, a parapraxis implies a dialogue between me and myself, whose dynamics the parapraxis manifests in the very act ofmomentary failure (“ we have at all times to consider ourselves capable of executing the action/ performance ...
Thomas Elsaesser, 2013
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The First Dictionary of Psychoanalysis: A Gift for Sigmund ...
The parapraxis is then a compromise between the disturbed and the dis— turbing tendency. A slip of the tongue, as an example of compromise formation by parapraxis, is illustrated in the word "VOTSCl'LZUCiTl", which was produced and put ...
Richard Sterba, 2013
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The Cambridge Companion to Freud
Freud's claim that free association from a parapraxis or a dream can uncover a wish that prompted it (pp. 192, 198; cf. 170, 207, 208, 214, 254, 256-7). According to Grtinbaum, even if one thus located a wish which was prior to, and indeed was  ...
Jerome Neu, 1991
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Tears
"para" inscribed in parapraxis is "inside" the written text as a certain "outside" that cannot be internalized. Thus parapraxical writing falls between referential and self-referential discourse. There is an inescapably performative dimension to ...
Mark C. Taylor, 1990
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Sigmund Freud
And here we have a further reason why it is right to emphasize that the significance of the parapraxis lies with the disturbing intention, even when the disturbed and the disturbing intentions are closely linked. For, of course, the link is only ...
Richard Wollheim, 1981
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Psychoanalysis--A Theory in Crisis
Furthermore, the parapraxis or dream-elements and the associations are interconnected in a complicated weblike network, not linearly, by mental operations belonging to primary process rather than secondary process. Freud's argument that ...
Marshall Edelson, 1990
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Introduction to Christian Theology: Contemporary North ...
In an effort to describe the distinguishing features of this alternative a/theological writing, I have borrowed a term from Freud: parapraxis. A psychical parapraxis, Freud explains, "must be in the nature of a momentary and temporary disturbance ...
Roger A. Badham, 1998
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Reading Freud: A Chronological Exploration of Freud's Writings
According to Freud, a parapraxis is the result of a compromise formation between the person's conscious intention – in the earlier example, “opening” the parliamentary sitting was the conscious intention of the President of the Lower House ...
Jean-Michel Quinodoz, 2013
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Freud’s Philosophy of the Unconscious
This approach conceives of the parapraxis as (1) Uc activates W/, (2) Wi contradicts Freud's wish to have 'On dreams' published (W2], (3) Freud disavows w, and (4) Freud's disavowal of W/ causes his forgetting to retum the proofs, thus  ...
D.L. Smith, 1999
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Social Choreography: Ideology as Performance in Dance and ...
... intentional subject but from a higher being. To push an analogy, where Tourette sees physiological loss of control Delsarte sees a form of spiritual possession. Apparent parapraxis signifies a higher intentionality working through the body.
Andrew Hewitt, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARAPRAXIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parapraxis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ambode, Inclusiveness and the Contradictions of a Megacity
But long before the ascendance of Ambode and the Oba's parapraxis, Lagos, as a wannabe megacity, has always been characterized by ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
2
Realities of war haunt vet's daughter
This is a powerfully poignant drama presented by Theatre Parapraxis, starring Bourgard and Charlene McNabb, who deliver outstanding ... «London Free Press, Jun 15»
3
Shakespearean Work and Common Mental Disorders
Parapraxis is a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a repressed motive. Parapraxes in the psychopathology of everyday life are “mistakes” that ... «Lankaweb, May 15»
4
TeachHigher, wages lower? Beware the outsourcers' razor
A mistake for sure – but as Freud reminds us, the parapraxis, or unintended action, often reveals an unconscious wish. When TeachHigher ... «Times Higher Education, Apr 15»
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BETWEEN THE LINES
But, if this indeed represents a “parapraxis,” as Freud called it, it's an admission that she has fought children and families all her career. «WND.com, Apr 15»
6
Seize the moment to help Somali-Americans
Despite the parapraxis of characterizing the Islamic State as Al-Qaida's “JV team,” Obama is on the right track. Now that the president has ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb 15»
7
Double standards on dead women jockeys
The Melbourne Cup saw Geoffrey Edelsten wear an outlandish canary yellow suit but the clowns all over his partner's dress, well, a parapraxis ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
8
Three Ohioans still standing in national spelling bee
Joseph Cusi Delamerced , 14, of Cincinnati, easily nailed "parapraxis" (s slip of the tongue or blunder). And Ashwin, an 8th grader at Incarnate ... «The Plain Dealer, May 14»
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The Linguistic Legacy of Freud
When the works were translated into English by James Strachey, the Greek word parapraxis was used (meaning 'another action'); Stratchey's ... «Slate Magazine, May 14»
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Brian Molley launches his new album in Glasgow
... the results emerging on the album in the sensual bossa sway of compositions such as Iris and Her Bow and the forceful drive of Parapraxis. «Scotland on Sunday, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Parapraxis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/parapraxis>. May 2024 ».
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