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psychoanalytic

psychoanalytic

4 7.9
Relating to a type of talk therapy that studies hidden thoughts and early childhood
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaɪkoʊəˈnælɪtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : psicoanalítico
  • The therapist used a psychoanalytic approach to help her clients understand their unconscious motivations.
  • psychoanalytic theory
  • psychoanalytic training
  • psychoanalytic therapy

He says as as a psychoanalytic practitioner, my goal is to make things conscious.

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Examples

  • Well, isn't there a psychoanalytic institute in Washington?

  • Other Indians did not reject psychoanalysis out of hand, but tried to combine psychoanalytic concepts with Hinduism.

    Academic text (1990)
  • You know, then I think again, psychoanalytic activity is the activity of reason.

  • It's only the basis of modern psychoanalytic theory.

  • The psychoanalytic theory of personality.

  • By the time of the revolution, the psychoanalytic community in Russia had established a significant presence.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The problem with the psychoanalytic approach is that it really isn't comprehensive enough.

  • Freud himself was aware of the emergence of a psychoanalytic community in Russia.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Recently, the Soviet Psychoanalytic Association has been officially reestablished with the approval of the government.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Angel Garma was a Spanish psychiatrist who had been trained at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

Freudian
vspsychoanalytic
21 7.2

About Sigmund Freud's idea that the unconscious mind shapes people's behaviour

is broader covering the full therapeutic system rather than one theorist's focus
psychoanalytical
vspsychoanalytic
  • Specialized
2 8.6

Ideas and methods that study the mind and thoughts you are not aware of, like Freud's

is the alternative adjective form used interchangeably
psychodynamic
vspsychoanalytic
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Showing how hidden feelings and thoughts shape behavior and personality

is more tied to a specific clinical system rather than general unconscious influence

Compounds

8.2

A type of talk therapy that explores a person's hidden thoughts and childhood experiences

How Psychoanalytic

Freudian
21 7.2
psychoanalytic
  • Specialized
4 7.9
psychodynamic
  • Specialized
1 7.9
psychological
543 4.5

Surface Forms

psychoanalytic positive

Morphology

psychoanalytic = analytic (semi-transparent) = psycho + analytic

The word is transparently built from psycho- plus analytic, but its specialized meaning is tied to psychoanalysis rather than a fully general combination.

Etymology

Psychoanalytic combines psycho- meaning 'mind', as in psychology, and analytic meaning 'to examine' or 'to break down'. So psychoanalytic therapy is a way of studying a person's hidden thoughts and feelings, and it comes from the method first used by Sigmund Freud.