Was Freud a Fraud

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someone or sth that is not what it is claimed to be
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fraud
She was a psychic who was later revealed to be a fraud.
Was Freud a fraud?
a person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have, especially in medicine
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charlatan
The doctor charlatan steals your money under the guise of being your benefactor.
to deceive someone in order to prevent them from discovering something
x7 (sb's x2)
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pull the wool over sb's eyes
sth that seems true or impressive but that is wrong or not sincere: pol bzdura, nonsens
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hokum
Freudian psychoanalysis is said to be pure hokum.
to allow someone to make their own decisions about what to do:
x6 ... sb... their...
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leave sb to their own devices
He seemed to be a responsible person, so I left him to his own devices.
a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a particular purpose:
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apparatus
The divers checked their breathing apparatus.
to invent an excuse, explanation, or story in order to deceive someone:
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concoct
He concocted a story about working late at the office.
... ideas or information are wrong and based on facts that are not correct
wrong or false:
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erroneous
an erroneous belief/impression
The cases where made an erroneous diagnosis were ignored by him
not very good at doing sth (hopless, terrible)
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lousy
lousy food/service
rownanie
Jill nie potrafiła rozwiązać równania matematycznego.
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equation
Jill could not solve the mathematical equation.
(especially of ideas) not clear and having no form:
mglisty, niesprecyzowany
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nebulous
She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.
easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say:
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gullible
There are any number of miracle cures on the market for people gullible enough to buy them.
Psychoanalysts are exploiting the gullibility of those who still believe Freud can cure them.
to cause something to be forgotten:
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expunge
She has been unable to expunge the details of the accident from her memory.
Freud's artfully created myths will not be quickly expunged
the part of your mind that contains feelings and thoughts that you do not know about, and that influences the way you behave
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the unconscious
One myth is a belief that Freud has invented the unconscious
the appearance of someone or something, especially whenintended to deceive:
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guise
the appearance of someone or something, especially whenintended to deceive:
something that you say by accident when you intended to say something else:
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slip of the tongue
An innocent slip of the tongue is commonly believed to betray concealed secret desires.

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