psychoanalysis

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis.

One must study that.” “Ah!” said the inspector, “you’ve been bitten with all this psychoanalysis stuff? — The murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie
He spoke reasonably of psychoanalysis, Long Island polo, and the Ming platter he had found in Vancouver. — Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis
He told me I was a lousy bastard and no friend of his, and I could take my psychoanalysis and cram it. — I am a woman, Ann Bannon

analysis, depth psychology

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