psychoanalysis
/sˌaɪkoʊənˈæləsəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "To be sure, this much I may presume you do know, namely, that psychoanalysis is a method of treating nervous patients medically."
- "Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes."
- "Psychoanalysis, the modern science of reading dreams, has taught us to take heed of these unsubstantial images. Also it has found a way to let them do their work."
- "Because psychophobia is so endemic to human nature, the process of psychoanalysis involves a continual exploration of the patient’s resistance to knowing what is dreaded in the unconscious mind."
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis.