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noun
An approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: psychoanalysis, analysis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychotherapy
Narrower terms: hypnoanalysis
History
From the German Tiefenpsychologie, reportedly coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939).
