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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Bechdel shares dreams, therapy sessions, and photographs of herself as a baby interspersed with blocks of text by psychoanalytic theorists such as Donald Winnicott and Jacques Lacan, with relevant passages highlighted.
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Charlie Tyson, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Drawing from psychoanalytic and attachment theory, the study suggests that this preoccupation with fairness can act as a defense against the anxiety of seeking emotional need fulfilment and healthy dependence.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
This is in contrast to my father, who, at least publicly, resisted the notion that his own inner life might color his psychoanalytic interpretations.
—David E. Tolchinsky, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2025
Freud was the father of repression Nineteenth-century psychoanalytic theorist Sigmund Freud developed the concept of repression.
—Gabrielle Principe, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Tyson, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Drawing from psychoanalytic and attachment theory, the study suggests that this preoccupation with fairness can act as a defense against the anxiety of seeking emotional need fulfilment and healthy dependence.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
This is in contrast to my father, who, at least publicly, resisted the notion that his own inner life might color his psychoanalytic interpretations.
—David E. Tolchinsky, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2025
Freud was the father of repression Nineteenth-century psychoanalytic theorist Sigmund Freud developed the concept of repression.
—Gabrielle Principe, The Conversation, 24 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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