ˌpsychoanaˈlytic, a.
Also with hyphen and (rare) as psychanalytic.
[f. as prec., after analysis, analytic, or ad. G. psychoanalytisch.]
Of, pertaining to, or employing psychoanalysis.
| 1906 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. I. 31 The strict ‘cathartic’, psycho-analytic method advocated by Freud. 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Sept. 6/3 In the twenties the works of Freud, Jung, Jones and others of the psychanalytic schools sold like novels. 1979 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 23/2 Patricide..draws on some of the best recent psychoanalytic literature. |
So ˌpsychoanaˈlytical a., in the same sense; ˌpsychoanaˈlytically adv., by means of, in respect of, or towards psychoanalysis.
| [1857 Russell's Mag. Nov. 163/2 [Poe] chose..the psycho-analytical. His heroes are monstrous reflections of his own heart in its despair, not in its peace.] 1908 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. III. 209 It would have added greatly to the interest of this question if a psycho⁓analytical investigation had been resorted to. 1919 N.Y. Tribune 22 Dec. 10/6 ‘Psychoanalytically speaking,’ he writes, ‘I think you were wrong about H. third and the carving knife.’ 1927 Observer 12 June 12/4 The interesting question of whether medical men may treat a patient psycho-analytically was dealt with in Court the other day. 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad i. 13 Nor would he dogmatise his pet perversions With psycho-analytical assertions. 1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Path. iv. 145 Even the psychoanalytically inclined are beginning to allow a rather less rigid, and therefore less dismal attitude. 1962 Lancet 22 Dec. 1311/1 He begins his book with an account of Freud's philosophical theories as a background to the later development of psychoanalytical concepts by the neo-Freudians. 1971 Times 1 Feb. 20/4 (Advt.), Psycho⁓analytically Orientated Group counters inhibition, anxiety, depression. 1977 C. Storr Tales from Psychiatrist's Couch x. 104 The strict, psycho-analytical view that it is utterly improper for the analyst to have anything to do with the husbands, wives, parents, children..of his patients. |