Meanings
nounnarcoanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural narcoanalyses)
plural narcoanalyses
- countableuncountablemedicineA form of psychotherapy in which the patient is administered drugs in order to attain a sleeplike state.
He had a set of chains in his room that he said he used with his psychoanalyst; they were experimenting with narcoanalysis and found that Old Bull had seven separate personalities, each growing worse and worse on the way down, till finally he was a raving idiot and had to be restrained with chains.
1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC
Origin
- Ancient Greekναρκόω (narkóō)
- Englishnarco-
- Ancient Greekἀνάλυσις (análusis)
- Medieval Latinanalysis
- Englishanalysis
- Englishnarcoanalysis
Translations
Catalan narcoanàlisi
- narcoanàlisipsychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state
French narcoanalyse
- narcoanalysepsychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state
Italian narcoanalisi
- narcoanalisipsychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state
Portuguese narcoanálise
- narcoanálisepsychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state
Romanian narcoanaliză
- narcoanalizăpsychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state
Spanish narcoanálisis
- narcoanálisispsychotherapy which uses drugs to induce a sleeplike state
Cite this entry
APA
narcoanalysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcoanalysis
MLA
“narcoanalysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcoanalysis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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