psychoanalytic

adjective

psy·​cho·​an·​a·​lyt·​ic ˌsī-kō-ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik How to pronounce psychoanalytic (audio)
variants or less commonly psychoanalytical
: of, relating to, or employing psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques
psychoanalytically adverb

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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 Fever dream asides where Cooper hallucinates his once-too-doting and now-dead mother unfortunately underscore how psychologically pat Shyamalan’s script is, skirting symbolism without taking a psychoanalytic plunge below flesh level. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for psychoanalytic 

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of psychoanalytic was in 1906

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“Psychoanalytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychoanalytic. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

psychoanalytic

adjective
psy·​cho·​an·​a·​lyt·​ic ˌsī-kō-ˌan-ᵊl-ˈit-ik How to pronounce psychoanalytic (audio)
variants also psychoanalytical
: of, relating to, or using psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques

Medical Definition

psychoanalytic

adjective
psy·​cho·​an·​a·​lyt·​ic -ˌan-ᵊl-ˈit-ik How to pronounce psychoanalytic (audio)
variants also psychoanalytical
: of, relating to, or employing psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques
psychoanalytically adverb

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