"psychoanalysis" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-psychoanalysis.wav [US] Forms: psychoanalyses [plural]
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Psychoanalyse}} German Psychoanalyse, {{surf|en|psycho-|analysis}} By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|psychoanalyses}} psychoanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural psychoanalyses)
  1. A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes. Wikipedia link: international scientific vocabulary, psychoanalysis Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: psychotherapy Derived forms: psychoanalyse, psychoanalyst, psychoanalytic, psychoanalytical Related terms: ethnopsychoanalysis, neuropsychoanalysis, psychoanalyst, psychoanalytic, psychoanalytical Translations (family of psychological theories): psicoanàlisi [feminine] (Catalan), 精神分析 (jīngshén fēnxi) (Chinese Mandarin), psychoanalýza [feminine] (Czech), psikanalizo (Esperanto), psühhoanalüüs (Estonian), psykoanalyysi (Finnish), psychanalyse [feminine] (French), psicanálise [feminine] (Galician), ფსიქოანალიზი (psikoanalizi) (Georgian), Psychoanalyse [feminine] (German), ψυχανάλυση (psychanálysi) [feminine] (Greek), pszichoanalízis (Hungarian), sálgreining [feminine] (Icelandic), psicanalisi [feminine] (Italian), psicoanalisi [feminine] (Italian), 精神分析 (seishin bunseki) (alt: せいしんぶんせき) (Japanese), psykoanalyse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), psykoanalyse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), psychoanaliza [feminine] (Polish), psicanálise [feminine] (Portuguese), psihanaliză [feminine] (Romanian), психоана́лиз (psixoanáliz) [masculine] (Russian), psicoanálisis [masculine] (Spanish), psykoanalys [common-gender] (Swedish), మనోవిశ్లేషణ (manōviślēṣaṇa) (Telugu), psikanaliz (Turkish), психоана́ліз (psyxoanáliz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), פּסיכאָאַנאַליז (psikhoanaliz) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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