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

Examples of psychoanalytic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And to work regularly with the psychoanalytic movement. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023 From the depths of psychoanalytic insights to theological perspectives and the scientific understanding of human physiology, this discussion provides a holistic exploration of the essence of humanity. Photovogue, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023 Pearce, Newton’s fourth wife, was a psychiatrist doing her psychoanalytic training, while Newton, who had no formal training as a therapist, worked in the bursar’s office. Nellie Hermann, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023 The book cleverly draws you into the characters, motivations, and delusions of the founders of the Sullivan Institute, a radical community created in 1957 around an offshoot of psychoanalytic theory. Hannah E. Meyers, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023 Both had worked at the William Alanson White Institute, one of New York’s leading psychoanalytic institutes in the mid-1940s. Nellie Hermann, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023 For Freud himself, textiles were a potent source of psychoanalytic metaphor—the strands to gather, the thread to follow out of the labyrinth. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023 Related experiments likewise yielded results that seemed to corroborate classic psychoanalytic theory. Gillian Silverman, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023 In the middle of the room sits Freud’s desk, still cluttered with his favorite objects, and on the far wall is the psychoanalytic couch, draped in an Oriental rug. Elizabeth Winkler, The New Yorker, 23 June 2023

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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 29 Mar. 2024.

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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