psychoanalyst

Noun

Meaning

a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

analyst doctor physician shrink adviser psychologist investigator counselor psychiatrist psychotherapist social worker psychoanalytic therapist clinician psychiatrists

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Antonyms

patient

Hypernyms

shrink psychiatrist head-shrinker

Examples

I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst. Vladimir Nabokov

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst. Italo Calvino

I went to a psychoanalyst. He explained things about my love life that I found very impressive... almost scary. Britney Spears

The novelist, quite rightly, fears the psychoanalyst as both an enemy and a usurper. Will Self

When a psychoanalyst takes on the role of a blank screen, all he really learns is how the patient responds to people who try to act like they're a blank screen. David H. Levy

A wise psychoanalyst once told me, "Stop looking at what you're saying, look at what you're doing.”. Corey Robin

Close letter words and terms

psychoanalyse psychoanalyser psychoanalysis psychoanalytic psychoanalytic criticism psychoanalytic method