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A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
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parapraxis
Word definitions for parapraxis in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip , slip-up , miscue ] [also: parapraxes (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"faulty action, blunder," 1904, from Modern Latin, from para- "contrary" (see para- (1)) + Greek praxis "a doing, transaction, business" (see praxis ). In psychology, a minor error held to reveal a subconscious motive.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a mistake, such as a slip of the tongue, that reveals a concealed thought or motive
Usage examples of parapraxis.
Although unusual in language, this disproportion between signifier and signified is not specific to myth: in Freud, for instance, the parapraxis is a signifier whose thinness is out of proportion to the real meaning which it betrays.
His authorial praxis controls the parapraxes inherent in living and making decisions in the dark.