| NOUN | act | psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders |
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| Sounds | say.kowahnae'lahsahs; say.kowahnae'lihsihs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | ||
| Meaning | A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud. | |
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| Example | "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" | |
| Synonyms | analysis, depth psychology | |
| Category of | abreact | Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization |
| acathexis | (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis | |
| anaclisis | (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others | |
| anal, anal retentive | A stage / stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region | |
| anal personality, anal retentive personality | (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve | |
| anal stage, anal phase | (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social / social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned | |
| castration anxiety | (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions | |
| catharsis, katharsis, abreaction | (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | |
| cathectic | Of or relating to cathexis | |
| cathexis, charge | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | |
| complex | (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior | |
| condensation | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol | |
| death instinct, death wish, Thanatos | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die | |
| ego | (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind | |
| ego ideal | (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives | |
| genital personality | (psychoanalysis) the mature / mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives | |
| genital stage, genital phase | (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence | |
| id | (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity | |
| imago | (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood | |
| introject | (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child | |
| introjection | (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values | |
| latency stage, latency phase, latency period | (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities | |
| latent content | (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning / meaning of a fantasy or dream | |
| libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido | |
| libido | (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual ... / sexual urge or desire | |
| oral | A stage / stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth | |
| oral personality | (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness | |
| oral stage, oral phase | (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development | |
| penis envy | (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis | |
| phallic stage, phallic phase | (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure | |
| pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id | |
| psychosexual development | (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages / stages | |
| reality principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego | |
| superego | (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience | |
| transference | (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another | |
| Narrower | hypnoanalysis | The use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis |
| Broader | psychotherapy | The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means |
| Spanish | psicoanálisis, sicoanálisis | |
| Catalan | psicoanàlisi | |
| Adjectives | psychoanalytical, psychoanalytic | of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud |
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