psychoanalysis (ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs
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Definitions
noun
- a method of studying the mind and treating mental and emotional disorders based on revealing and investigating the role of the unconscious mind
Alternative Forms
psychoanalyst (ˌsaɪkəʊˈænəlɪst) noun psychoanalytic (ˌsaɪkəʊˌænəˈlɪtɪk) ˌpsychoˌanaˈlytical adjective ˌpsychoˌanaˈlytically adverb Usage examples
Endless sessions of heavy Freudian psychoanalysis had finally proved too much for Richard.
, Somewhere East of Life (1994)We are deluged with Sufi art, Sufi music, Sufi dancing, Sufi couture, Sufi medicine, Sufi food even Sufi psychoanalysis (see box).
India Today (2002)The flip side of Jung -- his anti-Semitism and ``Aryan psychoanalysis ' is conveniently overlooked by his followers.
The Australian (2004)He rescued art from being about the subconscious and psychoanalysis , or just about itself, and made it about the way we live and modernity.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)I didn't know enough about psychoanalysis then to realize the significance of this omission.
, Jealousy (1986)