psy|cho|a|nal|y|sis

psy|cho|a|nal|y|sis
psy|cho|a|nal|y|sis «SY koh uh NAL uh sihs», noun.
1. a) the examination of a person's mind to discover the unconscious desires, fears, anxieties, or motivating forces which produce certain mental and emotional disorders: »

Psychoanalysis aims at and achieves nothing more than the discovery of the unconscious in mental life (Sigmund Freud).

 b) a method of psychotherapy based on such examination; analysis of mind or personality.
2. the theory originated and first developed by Freud.

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