psychoanalyst

C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition

Also spelled psycho-analysts

US /ˌsaɪkoʊˈænəlɪst/ UK /ˌsaɪkəʊˈænəlɪst/ See IPA manual

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a practitioner who treats mental disorders using psychoanalysis

The psychoanalyst encouraged her to free-associate about the dream.

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1 noun · a practitioner who treats... analyst therapistpsychotherapistshrink psychiatrist

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Related forms psychoanalysispsychoanalyzeanalyst

Etymology

A modern compound of psycho- (from Ancient Greek psychē 'soul, mind') + analyst (from Ancient Greek analysis 'a loosening, breaking up'), modelled on German Psychoanalytiker after Freud's Psychoanalyse.

psychē Ancient Greek analysis la-med

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# psychoanalyst

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌsaɪkoʊˈænəlɪst
**IPA (UK):** ˌsaɪkəʊˈænəlɪst

## Meanings
1. a practitioner who treats mental disorders using psychoanalysis

## Examples
- The psychoanalyst encouraged her to free-associate about the dream.

## Synonyms
- analyst
- therapist
- psychotherapist
- shrink
- psychiatrist

## Related Forms
- psychoanalysis
- psychoanalyze
- analyst

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: psychē
- Root: analysis

## Etymology
A modern compound of psycho- (from Ancient Greek psychē 'soul, mind') + analyst (from Ancient Greek analysis 'a loosening, breaking up'), modelled on German Psychoanalytiker after Freud's Psychoanalyse.

## AI Etymology
Psychoanalyst is a modern compound of psycho- (from Ancient Greek psychē 'soul, mind') + analyst (from Ancient Greek analysis 'a loosening, breaking up'), modelled on German Psychoanalytiker after Freud's Psychoanalyse. Important recorded forms include psychē (Ancient Greek) and analysis (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a practitioner who treats mental disorders using psychoanalysis. The wider family includes related words such as psychoanalysis, psychoanalyze, and analyst.

## Topics
- Mind & Cognition

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