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psychoanalyze

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To treat using psychoanalysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

subject to psychoanalytic treatment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: analyze, analyse, psychoanalyse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: treat, care for

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: психоанализирам (psihoanaliziram) — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Catalan: psicoanalitzar — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Finnish: analysoida — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Finnish: hoitaa psykoanalyysilla — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • French: psychanalyser — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Galician: psicanalizar — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Polish: psychoanalizować — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Portuguese: psicanalisar — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Romanian: psihoanaliza — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis
  • Spanish: psicoanalizar — (transitive) to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis; (intransitive) to treat using psychoanalysis