psychodynamics
any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
the aggregate of motivational forces, both conscious and unconscious, that determine human behavior and attitudes: Mythologists see the myths as having developed through the psychodynamics of the human social psyche.
Origin of psychodynamics
1- Also called dynamics.
Other words from psychodynamics
- psy·cho·dy·nam·ic, adjective
Words Nearby psychodynamics
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How to use psychodynamics in a sentence
For as I said before, even an ultimately developed psychodynamics can't do everything.
The Sensitive Man | Poul William AndersonDoctor Stone's university course had not included psychodynamics in the female species.
Sunlight Patch | Credo Fitch HarrisAny of the standard texts on psychodynamics in education will show you the pitfalls to avoid when dealing with identical siblings.
Anything You Can Do ... | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for psychodynamics
/ (ˌsaɪkəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks) /
(functioning as singular) psychol the study of interacting motives and emotions
Derived forms of psychodynamics
- psychodynamic, adjective
- psychodynamically, adverb
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