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psychoanalysis

[sahy-koh-uh-nal-uh-sis] / ˌsaɪ koʊ əˈnæl ə sɪs /
NOUN
psychotherapy
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Psychoanalysis, Mr. Phillips suggests, can support this pragmatist approach by helping us navigate that retelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Psychoanalysis is about exploring unconscious motivations behind thoughts or actions.

From New York Times • May 16, 2023

Psychoanalysis the attempt to cure mental illnesses by uncovering the unconscious elements that are said to be the foundation of human behavior.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Institute for Psychoanalysis, serving as director of its low-cost clinic from 1978 to 1981.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

Psychoanalysis had relieved them of whatever decent inhibitions they might have had in the past.

From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn



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