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psychoanalytic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to psychoanalysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Freud's psychoanalytical theories
  • psychoanalytic treatment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: psychoanalytical

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English analytic English psychoanalytic From psycho- + analytic.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: психоаналитичен (psihoanalitičen) — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Catalan: psicoanalític — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Czech: psychoanalytický — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Esperanto: psikanaliza — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Finnish: psykoanalyyttinen — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • French: psychanalytique — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Galician: psicanalítico — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Hungarian: pszichoanalitikus — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Italian: psicoanalitico — of or relating to psychoanalysis
  • Spanish: psicoanalítico — of or relating to psychoanalysis
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