analyst
/ˈan(ə)lɪst
/noun
1A person who conducts analysis.Proposals have been unveiled which are designed to improve the standard and conduct of analysts....
- There are many reasons why most journalists, analysts, TV pundits and even the pollsters got it so wrong.
- A Radicati analyst posted responses to the criticisms under a pseudonym.
1.1A psychoanalyst.The tool the analyst needs is her psychoanalytically trained selfhood to access the selfhood of the other....
- Since the analysand comes to the analyst because of pain, the role of the psychoanalyst in my book is naturally the relief of that pain.
- The contempt that some analysts show towards other approaches to psychotherapy is inappropriate.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French analyste, from the verb analyser (see analyse).