psychanalysis

1. 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. Source: webster
2. A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis based on thework of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- --) of Vienna. The method rests uponthe theory that hysteria is characteristically due to repression ofdesires consciously rejected but subconsciously persistent; itconsists in a close analysis of the patient's mental history, stressbeing laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means ofsuggestion. -- Psy*chan`a*lyt"ic (#), a. -- Psy`cha*nal"y*sist (#),n. Source: adambom

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