- psychoanalytic
- also psychoanalytical adjective Date: 1906 of, relating to, or employing psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques • psychoanalytically adverb
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psychoanalytic — [[t]sa͟ɪkoʊænəlɪ̱tɪk[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Psychoanalytic means relating to psychoanalysis. ...psychoanalytic therapy... Much of her work is speculative, based on psychoanalytic theory rather than empirical data … English dictionary
Psychoanalytic — Psychoanalysis Psy cho*a*nal y*sis, n. 1. A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis and treatment pf psychoneuroses, based on the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856 1939) of Vienna. The method rests upon the theory that neurosis is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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psychoanalytic — adjective of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud Freud s psychoanalytical theories psychoanalytic treatment • Syn: ↑psychoanalytical • Pertains to noun: ↑psychoanalysis,… … Useful english dictionary
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