parapraxis

Noun
  1. A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. (synset 100074648)
    is a type of: error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    subtypes: 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
    same as: miscue, slip, slip-up

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