psychoanalysis
psychoanalysis noun: a family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
Noun
psychoanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural psychoanalyses)
- A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
- To be sure, this much I may presume you do know, namely, that psychoanalysis is a method of treating nervous patients medically.1920, Sigmund Freud, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
- Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes.1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Psychoanalysis vs. Morality”, in Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 9
psychoanalysis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
psychoanalysis in Hindi
- मनोविश्लेषण, मनो-विश्लेषण
psychoanalysis in Tamil
- உளநிலைப் பகுப்பாய்வு, உளப்பகுத்தாய்வு
psychoanalysis in Marathi
- मनोविश्लेषण
psychoanalysis in Bengali
- মনঃসমীক্ষণ, মনোবিকলন
More languagesFewer languages
- psychoanalysis in Telugu
- మనోవిశ్లేషణ manōviślēṣaṇa
- psychoanalysis in Kannada
- ಮನೋವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಣೆ
- psychoanalysis in Gujarati
- મનોવિશ્લેષણ
- psychoanalysis in Nepali
- मनोविश्लेषण, मनो-विश्लेषण
- psychoanalysis in Indonesian
- psikoanalisis
- psychoanalysis in Vietnamese
- phân tâm học
Examples of psychoanalysis in a sentence
- Psychoanalysis, the modern science of reading dreams, has taught us to take heed of these unsubstantial images.1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 8:
- Because psychophobia is so endemic to human nature, the process of psychoanalysis involves a continual exploration of the patient’s resistance to knowing what is dreaded in the unconscious mind.2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2025:
Forms of psychoanalysis
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Origin of psychoanalysis
From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis.
Words formed from psychoanalysis
Questions about psychoanalysis
- What does psychoanalysis mean?
- Psychoanalysis means a family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
- What is psychoanalysis in Hindi?
- Psychoanalysis in Hindi is मनोविश्लेषण, मनो-विश्लेषण. See Psychoanalysis meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use psychoanalysis in a sentence?
- Psychoanalysis, the modern science of reading dreams, has taught us to take heed of these unsubstantial images.
- What part of speech is psychoanalysis?
- Psychoanalysis is a noun.
- What is the plural of psychoanalysis?
- The plural of psychoanalysis is psychoanalyses.
Words near psychoanalysis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: psychoanalysis (page history and authors); psychoanalysis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychoanalysis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychoanalysis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychoanalysis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychoanalysis (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychoanalysis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); psychoanalysis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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