psychoanalyze

American  

[sahy-koh-an-l-ahyz] / ˌsaɪ koʊˈæn lˌaɪz /

especially British, psychoanalyse

verb (used with object)

psychoanalyzed, psychoanalyzing

1. to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.

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Other Word Forms

• psychoanalyzer noun

Etymology

Origin of psychoanalyze

First recorded in 1910–15; psycho- + analyze

Example Sentences

“I don’t psychoanalyze the people who talk to me, just like I don’t psychoanalyze myself, thank God. Which you want me to do, I know, and I’m not going to.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“I don’t psychoanalyze my sources,” he says by phone from Washington, D.C., where he has long been based.

From Los Angeles Times

There are lots of good reasons for not psychoanalyzing politicians.

From Salon

And psychoanalyze all the movies on a Freudian level.

From Los Angeles Times

For me, it's about kind of psychoanalyzing and getting into why exactly she's the way she is.

From Salon