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For many, the relationship between analyst and analysand was, in broad strokes, analogous to the relationship between teacher and student.—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 11 July 2023 There’s no back-and-forth between an unscrupulous analyst and an analysand who’s willing to hand over everything.—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 8 Nov. 2021
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Etymology
borrowed from German Analysand, from Analyseanalysis + -and, suffix marking a person or thing undergoing an action or process, borrowed from Latin -andus, first conjugation gerundive ending
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