psychoanalysisnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsaɪ.kəʊ.əˈnæl.ə.sɪs/us/ˌsaɪ.koʊ.əˈnæl.ə.sɪs/any of a number of the theories of the human personality that attempt to examine a person's unconscious mind to discover the hidden causes of their mental problems:
Sigmund Freud is known as the father of psychoanalysis.
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- cognitive psychology
- commit
- committal
- Freudian
- gestalt
- id
- inkblot test
- Jungian
- Oedipal
- psych
- psycho
- psychoanalyse
- psychological
- repression
- shock therapy
- shrink
- superego
- trance
- transference
- word association
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