Category:Psychanalysis

Psy`cha*nal"y*sis, n. [psycho-+ analysis.]

Defn: a method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis based on the Work of dr. Sigmund freud (1856- --) of vienna. The method rests upon The theory that hysteria is characteristically due to repression of Desires consciously rejected but subconsciously persistent; it Consists in a close analysis of the patient's mental history, stress Being laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of Suggestion. -- psy*chan`a*lyt"ic (#), a. -- psy`cha*nal"y*sist (#), N.