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An overwhelming majority of symbols in dreams are sexual symbols.

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Sigmund Freud
Age: 83 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 6
Died: 1939
Died: September 23
Essayist
Neurologist
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Freiberg
Sigismund Schlomo Freud
Freud
Majority
Dreams
Dream
Overwhelming
Symbols
Sexual

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