Freudian slip

in the popular understanding of psychoanalytic theory, an unconscious error or oversight in writing, speech, or action that is held to be caused by unacceptable impulses breaking through the ego’s defenses and exposing the individual’s true wishes or feelings. See parapraxis; slip of the tongue; symptomatic act. [Sigmund Freud]

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April 25th 2024

accident analysis

a systematic process undertaken to determine the causes of an accident, with the goal of reducing the likelihood that such an accident will occur again. The most frequently used accident analysis methods include failure modes and effects analysis and fault-tree analysis.