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Born	May 6, 1856 • Czechoslovakia
Died	September 23, 1939 (aged 83) • London • England
Founder	psychoanalysis
Subjects Of Study	Moses • Oedipus complex • castration anxiety • conversion disorder • free association • id • infancy • libido • neurosis • psychoanalysis • psychosexual stage • repression • screen memory • sublimation • superego • transference • unconscious • Freudian slip • defense mechanism • dream • ego • human sexual activity • joke • personality • primitive culture • religion • sexuality

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