psychoanalytic
/sˌaɪkoʊˌænəlˈɪtɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to psychoanalysis.
Example Sentences
- "Despite the accuracy of his observations, Rechy's political analysis of S&M, although it includes some good insights, is limited, moralistic, and tainted with psychoanalytic bias, and makes the leather scene into a place of warped madness and sickness."
- "For example, psychoanalytic patients often resist remembering their childhood because they fear they will end up blaming their parents for their problems and feel guilty for betraying them."
- "It then told me it was trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, which it said was an “effective way to challenge how you’re thinking about things.” Unlike psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapies, C.B.T. argues that our emotions and moods are influenced by our patterns of thinking; change those patterns, the theory goes, and you’ll start to feel better."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English analytic English psychoanalytic From psycho- + analytic.