psychoanalytic

[sahy-koh-uh-nal-uh-sis]

psy·cho·a·nal·y·sis

[sahy-koh-uh-nal-uh-sis]
noun
1.
a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
2.
a technical procedure for investigating unconscious mental processes and for treating psychoneuroses.

Origin:
1905–10; < German Psychoanalyse. See psycho-, analysis

psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic [sahy-koh-an-l-it-ik] , psy·cho·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
psy·cho·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
non·psy·cho·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
non·psy·cho·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
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post·psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
COLLAPSE

psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy.
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psychoanalysis (ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs)
 
n
a method of studying the mind and treating mental and emotional disorders based on revealing and investigating the role of the unconscious mind
 
psychoanalyst
 
n
 
psychoanalytic
 
adj
 
psychoana'lytical
 
adj
 
psychoana'lytically
 
adv

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