psychoanalysis (redirected from Psychoanaylsis)

psy·cho·a·nal·y·sis  (sk--nl-ss)

n. pl. psy·cho·a·nal·y·ses (-sz)

1.

a. The method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts, in order to free psychic energy for mature love and work.

b. The theory of personality developed by Freud that focuses on repression and unconscious forces and includes the concepts of infantile sexuality, resistance, transference, and division of the psyche into the id, ego, and superego.

2. Psychotherapy incorporating this method and theory.

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psycho·ana·lyst (-n-lst) n.

psycho·ana·lytic (-n-ltk), psycho·ana·lyti·cal (--kl) adj.

psycho·ana·lyti·cal·ly adv.

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psychoanalysis [ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs]

n

(Psychoanalysis) a method of studying the mind and treating mental and emotional disorders based on revealing and investigating the role of the unconscious mind

psychoanalyst  [ˌsaɪkəʊˈænəlɪst] n

psychoanalytic  [ˌsaɪkəʊˌænəˈlɪtɪk], psychoanalytical adj

psychoanalytically  adv

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psychoanalysis

the method developed by Freud and others for treating neuroses and some other disorders of the mind. — psychoanalyst, n. — psychoanalytic, psychoanalytical, adj.

See also: Psychology

Thesaurus

Noun

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psychoanalysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" depth psychology, analysis abreaction, catharsis, katharsis - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions psychotherapy - the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means hypnoanalysis - the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis anal personality, anal retentive personality - (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training) genital personality - (psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives oral personality - (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development ego - (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind superego - (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience id - (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity introjection - (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality reality principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it introject - (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized ego ideal - (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives imago - (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood condensation - (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams transference - (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst latent content - (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream complex - (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior libido - (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire penis envy - (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity death instinct, death wish, Thanatos - (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die libidinal energy - (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido cathexis, charge - (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" acathexis - (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual psychosexual development - (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage anaclisis - (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure castration anxiety - (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women anal phase, anal stage - (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned genital phase, genital stage - (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity latency period, latency phase, latency stage - (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities oral phase, oral stage - (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting phallic phase, phallic stage - (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure

Translations

psychoanalysis [ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs] N → psicoanálisis m

psychoanalysis [ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs] [psychoanalyses] [ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsiːz] (pl) n → psychanalyse f

psychoanalysis

n → Psychoanalyse f

psychoanalysis [ˌsaɪkəʊəˈnælɪsɪs] n → psicanalisi f inv