psychoanalysis

From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- +‎ analysis.

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psychoanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural psychoanalyses)

1. A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
   • 1920, Sigmund Freud, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis:

     To be sure, this much I may presume you do know, namely, that psychoanalysis is a method of treating nervous patients medically.

   • 1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Psychoanalysis vs. Morality”, in Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 9:

     Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes.