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schizoanalysis

schizoanalysis noun: a form of psychoanalysis addressing perceived shortcomings and oversimplifications in traditional psychoanalysis.

Noun

schizoanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural schizoanalyses)

  1. A form of psychoanalysis addressing perceived shortcomings and oversimplifications in traditional psychoanalysis.
    • So what can schizoanalysis offer us as a way of responding to the event of film? How does it differ from psychoanalytic methods applied to cinema from the mid-1970s on?2008, Ian Buchanan, Patricia MacCormack, editors, Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Cinema, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 118

Forms of schizoanalysis

pluralschizoanalyses

Origin of schizoanalysis

From schizo- + analysis, introduced in 1972 by philosopher Gilles Deleuze and psychoanalyst Félix Guattari in their book Anti-Oedipus.

Questions about schizoanalysis

What does schizoanalysis mean?
Schizoanalysis means a form of psychoanalysis addressing perceived shortcomings and oversimplifications in traditional psychoanalysis.
What part of speech is schizoanalysis?
Schizoanalysis is a noun.
What is the plural of schizoanalysis?
The plural of schizoanalysis is schizoanalyses.

Words near schizoanalysis in the dictionary

  1. schizoaffectively
  2. schizoaffectiveness
  3. schizoaffectives
  4. schizoaffectivity
  5. schizoanalyses
  6. schizoanalysis
  7. schizoanalyst
  8. schizoanalysts
  9. schizoanalytic
  10. schizoanalytical
  11. schizoanalytically

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