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psychoanalysis

[sahy-koh-uh-nal-uh-sis] / ˌsaɪ koʊ əˈnæl ə sɪs /
NOUN
psychotherapy
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The researchers suggest that predictive neuroscience could provide a biological foundation for psychoanalytic ideas, while psychoanalysis could help neuroscience better understand how predictions are experienced, interpreted, and expressed in everyday life and relationships.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

Modern neuroscience and psychoanalysis may have far more in common than many people realize, according to a new paper published in the neurocognitive journal Entropy.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

The setting is Vienna in 1924 and Günter’s analyst is also his professor and the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The 115-minute film by British directors David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas features extensive interviews with the footballer-turned-actor in what sometimes resembles an extended session of psychoanalysis.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

I didn’t know much at all about psychoanalysis, but Danny Saunders, in his Hasidic clothes, seemed to me to be about the last person in the world who would qualify as an analyst.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

There seem to be two psychoanalyses of male “feminists” accused of misconduct.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2025

The true-blue Freudians have only scorn for what Dr. Brill calls "societies and individuals who offer the public better, cheaper and quicker psychoanalyses."

From Time Magazine Archive

From his long experience in New York City, Dr. Wertham was convinced that eight out of ten psychoanalyses should not have been started, and that six out of ten were more harmful than helpful.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marmor points out that even Freud complained that some psychoanalyses seemed interminable and made the patient emotionally dependent on the analyst.

From Time Magazine Archive


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