psychoanalytic

American  

[sahy-koh-an-l-it-ik] / ˌsaɪ koʊˌæn lˈɪt ɪk /

Also psychoanalytical

adjective

1. involving or using psychoanalysis, a system of theories concerning the relationship between conscious and unconscious psychological processes.

   This course covers many different methodologies, including sociological, psychoanalytic, and ethnographic approaches to literary criticism.

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Other Word Forms

• nonpsychoanalytic adjective
• nonpsychoanalytical adjective
• nonpsychoanalytically adverb
• postpsychoanalytic adjective
• psychoanalytically adverb

Etymology

Origin of psychoanalytic

psycho- ( def. ) + analytic ( def. )

Example Sentences

The man card could not be more explicit from a psychoanalytic perspective in the story I tell.

From Salon

He added, “This is quite different from the many psychoanalysts who tend to assume the primacy of psychic reality and believe that psychology determines culture and society — another form of psychoanalytic reductionism.”

From New York Times

“At my graduation from psychoanalytic training, a supervising analyst said to me, ‘Your analysis will cure you of the need to do research.’”

From New York Times

In psychoanalytic jargon we often say, “No one likes being the ‘bad object.’”

From New York Times

In “The Age of Guilt: The Super Ego in the Online World,” he turns to the psychoanalytic concept of the superego to understand why so many are obsessed with judging themselves and others.

From Washington Post