psychoanalysis

Noun

Meaning

a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

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Synonyms

analysis depth psychology psychology psychiatry therapy restoration analytical analytic rehabilitation mysticism divination counseling hallucination recuperation counselling
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Antonyms

ignorance neglect oversight abandonment negligence indifference
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Hypernyms

psychotherapy

Hyponyms

hypnoanalysis

Related terms

psychoanalytic psychoanalytical psychoanalyst neuropsychoanalysis ethnopsychoanalysis

Examples

Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother. Germaine Greer

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand. Saul Bellow

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy. Karl Kraus

So-called psychoanalysis is the occupation of lustful rationalists who trace everything in the world to sexual causes - with the exception of their occupation. Karl Kraus

I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience. Andrew S. Tanenbaum

The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition. Sigmund Freud

Close letter words and terms

psychoanalysable psychoanalyse psychoanalyser psychoanalyst psychoanalytic psychoanalytic criticism