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Pronunciation: [sˌa͡ɪkə͡ʊˌanɐlˈɪtɪk] (IPA)

Psychoanalytic refers to the theories and practices of psychoanalysis, a method of studying the human psyche developed by Sigmund Freud. There are several synonyms for psychoanalytic, which include psychodynamic, depth psychology, and Freudian. Psychodynamic emphasizes the role of the unconscious in shaping behavior and emotions. Depth psychology emphasizes the exploration of the unconscious and the importance of symbolism. Freudian refers specifically to the theories and practices of psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud. These synonyms are often used interchangeably and refer to the same ideas and theories of human behavior and the workings of the mind.

Usage examples for Psychoanalytic

Our views of poetry from a psychoanalytic point of view finds confirmation even in the Bible.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
By Graham Wallas Miriam C. Gould 858 August Strindberg: A psychoanalytic Study with Special Reference to the Oedipus Complex.
"Eugenics as a Factor in the Prevention of Mental Disease"
Horatio Milo Pollock
The psychoanalytic Study of Anti-Social Behavior.
"Studies in Forensic Psychiatry"
Bernard Glueck

Famous quotes with Psychoanalytic

  • In our tabulation of psychoanalytic results, we have classed those who stopped treatment together with those not improved. This appears to be reasonable; a patient who fails to finish his treatment, and is not improved, is surely a therapeutic failure.
    Hans Eysenck
  • Papa continually emphasizes how much remains unexplained. With the other psychoanalytic writers, everything is always so known and fixed.
    Anna Freud
  • The Mirror Stage as formative in the function of the I as revealed in psychoanalytic experience.
    Jacques Lacan
  • Well, in The Chosen, Danny Saunders, from the heart of his religious reading of the world, encounters an element in the very heart of the secular readings of the world - Freudian psychoanalytic theory.
    Chaim Potok
  • Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less.
    Thomas Szasz

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