'Psychoanalysis' definitions:
Definition of 'psychoanalysis'
From: WordNet
noun
A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" [syn: psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology]
Definition of 'Psychoanalysis'
From: GCIDE
- Psychoanalysis \Psy`cho*a*nal"y*sis\, n.
- 1. A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis and treatment pf psychoneuroses, based on the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- 1939) of Vienna. The method rests upon the theory that neurosis is characteristically due to repression of desires consciously rejected but subconsciously persistent; it consists in a close analysis of the patient's mental history, effort being made to bring unconsciuos and preconscious material to consciousness; the methods include analysis of transferance and resistance. In some variants, stress is laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of suggestion. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- 2. The theory of human psychology which is the foundation for the psychoanalytic therapy, which explores the relation between conscious and unconscious mental processes in motivating human behavior and causing neuroses. [PJC]
- 3. An integrated set of theories of human personality development, motivation, and behavior based on a body of observations. --[Stedman] [PJC]
- 4. One of several schools of psychotherapy, such as {jungian psychoanalysis} or freudian psychoanalysis. --[Stedman] [PJC] -- {Psy`cho*an`a*lyt"ic}, a.; {Psych`o*an"al*ist}, n., etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'psychoanalysis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Adlerian psychology,
- analysis,
- analytical psychology,
- apperceptionism,
- association psychology,
- associationism,
- behaviorism,
- behavioristic psychology,
- configurationism,
- depth interview,
- depth psychology,
- dianetics,
- dream analysis,
- dream symbolism,
- Freudian psychology,
- Freudianism,
- Gestalt psychology,
- group analysis,
- Horneyan psychology,
- interpretation of dreams,
- Jungian psychology,
- mental chemistry,
- metapsychology,
- orgone theory,
- Pavlovian psychology,
- psychanalysis,
- psychoanalytic method,
- psychoanalytic theory,
- psychoanalytic therapy,
- psychognosis,
- psychognosy,
- psychology of depths,
- Reichian psychology,
- Skinnerian psychology,
- stimulus-response psychology,
- structuralism,
- the couch,
- Watsonian psychology