Definition: Meaning of, Freud, Sigmund in English to English dictionary.
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(1856-1939) an Austrian doctor who developed a new system for understanding the way that people's minds work, and a new way of treating mental illness called PSYCHOANALYSIS . He believed that the bad experiences that people have as children can affect their mental health as adults, and that by talking to a mentally ill person about their past life and feelings, the hidden causes of their illness can be found. He wrote The Interpretation of Dreams and The Ego and the Id . His ideas, especially about the importance of sex, had a very great influence on the way that people thought in the 20th century.