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PSYCHANALYSIS
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.
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