| \par-uh-PRAK-sis\ | noun
1. Psychology. a slip of the tongue or pen, forgetfulness, misplacement of objects, or other error thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes.
| | Quotes | Slips of the tongue are rare with me. When I make them I can be sure I'm under strain. So I was horrified when I was describing to Denoon my odyssey through Old Naledi and heard myself say that when I saw the shebeen I decided to give the guys at it a wide breast. …But it was a proof of gentility that he overlooked my first parapraxis in his presence…
-- Norman Rush, Mating, 1991 | | Origin | | Parapraxis can be traced to the Greek word prâxis meaning "act, action." The prefix para- is used in formation of loanwords from Greek and means "beyond, past, by." By extension, para- is also used to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word. | |
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