post-Freudian

adjective

post-Freud·​ian ˌpōst-ˈfrȯi-dē-ən 

: following the introduction and widespread recognition of the psychoanalytic theories and practices of Sigmund Freud

post-Freudian psychoanalysis

The Switch squeezes fresh laughs out of what is, in essence, a rather startlingly post-Freudian … view of child development.

—Owen Glieberman

Caravaggio frequently painted himself into his works, often behind a patina of self-loathing, at least to post-Freudian eyes.

—Bruce Handy

post-Freudian noun

plural post-Freudians

His mother, to whom Wilfred cleaved with what will strike post-Freudians as an abnormal devotion, was pious, puritanical, and strong-willed, entirely dedicated to her four children, but especially to Wilfred, the eldest.

—Paul Fussell

Examples of post-Freudian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Like Lepucki’s real-life father, to whom the book is dedicated, Ray finds solace with an unorthodox therapist who follows Wilhelm Reich, a post-Freudian psychoanalyst. —Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above