noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
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
Examples
his physician recommended psychoanalysis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: analysis, depth psychology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychotherapy
Narrower terms: hypnoanalysis
History
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
психоана́лиза
(psihoanáliza)
— family of psychological theories
Catalan:
psicoanàlisi
— family of psychological theories
Chinese Mandarin:
精神分析
(jīngshén fēnxi)
— family of psychological theories
Czech:
psychoanalýza
— family of psychological theories
Esperanto:
psikanalizo
— family of psychological theories
Estonian:
psühhoanalüüs
— family of psychological theories
Finnish:
psykoanalyysi
— family of psychological theories
French:
psychanalyse
— family of psychological theories
Galician:
psicanálise
— family of psychological theories
Georgian:
ფსიქოანალიზი
(psikoanalizi)
— family of psychological theories
German:
Psychoanalyse
— family of psychological theories
Greek:
ψυχανάλυση
(psychanálysi)
— family of psychological theories
Hungarian:
pszichoanalízis
— family of psychological theories
Icelandic:
sálgreining
— family of psychological theories
Indonesian:
psikoanalisis
— family of psychological theories
Italian:
psicanalisi
— family of psychological theories
Italian:
psicoanalisi
— family of psychological theories
Japanese:
精神分析
(seishin bunseki)
— family of psychological theories
Norwegian Bokmål:
psykoanalyse
— family of psychological theories
Norwegian Nynorsk:
psykoanalyse
— family of psychological theories
Polish:
psychoanaliza
— family of psychological theories
Portuguese:
psicanálise
— family of psychological theories
Romanian:
psihanaliză
— family of psychological theories
Russian:
психоана́лиз
(psixoanáliz)
— family of psychological theories
Spanish:
psicoanálisis
— family of psychological theories
Swedish:
psykoanalys
— family of psychological theories
Telugu:
మనోవిశ్లేషణ
(manōviślēṣaṇa)
— family of psychological theories
Turkish:
psikanaliz
— family of psychological theories
Ukrainian:
психоана́ліз
(psyxoanáliz)
— family of psychological theories
Vietnamese:
phân tâm học
— family of psychological theories
Yiddish:
פּסיכאָאַנאַליז
(psikhoanaliz)
— family of psychological theories
