psychoanalyst

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noun

A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

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analyst
OriginEnglish analyst ← Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-) →
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Meanings

nounpsychoanalyst (plural psychoanalysts)

plural psychoanalysts

  1. A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis

Similar
analyst
Broader
psychiatristhead-shrinkershrink
Also see
analyst

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Englishanalyst
  5. Englishpsychoanalyst

From psycho- + analyst.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian психоаналитик
  • психоаналитик (psihoanalitik)practitioner
Catalan psicoanalista
  • psicoanalistapractitioner
Czech psychoanalytik
  • psychoanalytikpractitioner
Esperanto psikanalizisto
  • psikanalizistopractitioner
Finnish psykoanalyytikko
  • psykoanalyytikkopractitioner
French psychanalyste
  • psychanalystepractitioner
German Psychoanalytiker
  • Psychoanalytikerpractitioner
Greek ψυχαναλυτής
  • ψυχαναλυτής (psychanalytís)practitioner
Hindi मनोविश्लेषक
  • मनोविश्लेषक (manoviśleṣak)practitioner
Hungarian pszichoanalitikus
  • pszichoanalitikuspractitioner
Irish síocanailísí
  • síocanailísípractitioner
Italian psicoanalista
  • psicoanalistapractitioner
Norwegian Bokmål psykoanalytiker
  • psykoanalytikerpractitioner
Persian روانکاو
  • روانکاو (ravân'-kâv)practitioner
Polish psychoanalityk, psychoanalityczka
  • psychoanalitykpractitioner
  • psychoanalityczkapractitioner
Romanian psihanalist, psihanalistă
  • psihanalistpractitioner
  • psihanalistăpractitioner
Spanish psicoanalista
  • psicoanalistapractitioner
Swedish psykoanalytiker
  • psykoanalytikerpractitioner
Turkish psikanalist
  • psikanalistpractitioner
Yiddish פּסיכאָאַנאַליטיקער
  • פּסיכאָאַנאַליטיקער (psikhoanalitiker)practitioner
Cite this entry
APA

psychoanalyst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychoanalyst

MLA

“psychoanalyst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychoanalyst. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychoanalyst,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychoanalyst.

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