psychoanalytic
adjective
psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic
ˌsī-kō-ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik 
variants
or less commonly psychoanalytical
: of, relating to, or employing psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques
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In total, the notes on her one psychoanalytic paper take up just 14 pages of the four volumes of the Minutes of the Psychoanalytic Society.
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
Rafael Holmberg is a political writer and researcher on philosophy and psychoanalytic theory.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
In the right light, the social network for professionals is a lavish psychoanalytic corpus, bursting with naked ambition, inspiration, desperation, status-seeking, spiritual yearning, brownnosing, name-dropping, corporate shilling, and self-promotion.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Marcy Thompson: Motherly love to this group would seem to have a particular definition, one that was inborn and could not be challenged, even using a psychoanalytic framework as Margarethe did.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
Rafael Holmberg is a political writer and researcher on philosophy and psychoanalytic theory.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
In the right light, the social network for professionals is a lavish psychoanalytic corpus, bursting with naked ambition, inspiration, desperation, status-seeking, spiritual yearning, brownnosing, name-dropping, corporate shilling, and self-promotion.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Marcy Thompson: Motherly love to this group would seem to have a particular definition, one that was inborn and could not be challenged, even using a psychoanalytic framework as Margarethe did.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Psychoanalytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychoanalytic. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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psychoanalytic
adjective
psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic
ˌsī-kō-ˌan-ᵊl-ˈit-ik
variants
also psychoanalytical
: of, relating to, or using psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques
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psychoanalytic
adjective
psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic
-ˌan-ᵊl-ˈit-ik
variants
also psychoanalytical
: of, relating to, or employing psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques
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