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English

Etymology

From + , after German .

Noun

a family of psychological theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes

Translations

Portuguese: psicanálise
Telugu: మనోవిశ్లేషణ (manoaviSleashaNa)
Swedish: psykoanalys

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Psychoanalysis \Psy`cho*a*nal"y*sis\, n.
1. A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis and
treatment pf psychoneuroses, based on the work of Dr.
Sigmund Freud (1856- 1939) of Vienna. The method rests
upon the theory that neurosis is characteristically due to
repression of desires consciously rejected but
subconsciously persistent; it consists in a close analysis
of the patient's mental history, effort being made to
bring unconsciuos and preconscious material to
consciousness; the methods include analysis of
transferance and resistance. In some variants, stress is
laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of
suggestion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

2. The theory of human psychology which is the foundation for
the psychoanalytic therapy, which explores the relation
between conscious and unconscious mental processes in
motivating human behavior and causing neuroses.
[PJC]

3. An integrated set of theories of human personality
development, motivation, and behavior based on a body of
observations. --[Stedman]
[PJC]

4. One of several schools of psychotherapy, such as {jungian
psychoanalysis} or freudian psychoanalysis. --[Stedman]
[PJC] -- Psy`cho*an`a*lyt"ic, a.; Psych`o*an"al*ist,
n., etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet psychoanalysis
n : a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a
method of treating various mental disorders; based on the
theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended
psychoanalysis" [syn: analysis, depth psychology]

Moby Dictionary
Adlerian psychology , Freudian psychology , Freudianism ,
Gestalt psychology , Horneyan psychology , Jungian psychology ,
Pavlovian psychology , Reichian psychology , Skinnerian psychology ,
Watsonian psychology , analysis , analytical psychology ,
apperceptionism , association psychology , associationism ,
behaviorism , behavioristic psychology , configurationism ,
depth interview , depth psychology , dianetics , dream analysis ,
dream symbolism , group analysis , interpretation of dreams ,
mental chemistry , metapsychology , orgone theory , psychanalysis ,
psychoanalytic method , psychoanalytic theory ,
psychoanalytic therapy , psychognosis , psychognosy ,
psychology of depths , stimulus-response psychology , structuralism ,
the couch