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>>9052400
>I don't think so. For one, his psychological defense mechanisms are still used by psychologists

Mostly because of his daughter. He did identify them, but she was the one who fleshed them out. Most of the defense mechanisms you're familiar with today were first described by her.

He applied them in stupid ways. You know that whole pop psychology idea that people attack homosexuals because they themselves are homosexual? Freud started that. He believed it was a type of reaction formation.