to psychoanalyze
- verb
- /ˌsaɪkoʊəˈnælɪz/
- Specialized
- The therapist will psychoanalyze the patient's dreams to uncover hidden emotions.
Oh, could you maybe try to psychoanalyze Elon Musk for a brief second?
- Oh, could you maybe try to psychoanalyze Elon Musk for a brief second?
- I can psychoanalyze both of my parents.
- And, and these people also, we, we could sit here and psychoanalyze them, but there is a side to it, like you said, where there is a bit of selling.
- But yeah, I mean, it's difficult to psychoanalyze why Deutsche Coin is the thing that excites Elon so much.
Examples
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Would you stop trying to psychoanalyze me.
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Why don't you psychoanalyze me?
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I can psychoanalyze both of my parents.
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This is your only chance to psychoanalyze me.
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Are you really going to psychoanalyze me?
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Now you can psychoanalyze me all you want.
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Then you can psychoanalyze me.
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Meanwhile she's trying to psychoanalyze me.
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Your attempt to psychoanalyze me is quaint.
Blog text (24) -
I think I've psychoanalyzed myself sufficiently for one night.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
To have therapy over time to explore hidden thoughts and feelings
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Psychoanalyze comes from the Greek psyche meaning 'mind' or 'soul' and the word analyze, which means 'to break down' or 'look closely at the parts'. So to psychoanalyze someone is to 'look closely at the mind' to find hidden thoughts and feelings.