Etymology

psychoanalysis

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Today it means: A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes. Full definition →

German Psychoanalyse
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  1. German · derived fromPsychoanalyse
  2. English todaypsychoanalysis

From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis.

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