/ ˈænəlɪst; NAmE / noun
1.
a person whose job involves examining facts or materials in order to give an opinion on them :
a political / food analyst
City analysts forecast huge profits this year.
—see also systems analyst
2.
= psychoanalyst
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: from French analyste , from the verb analyser , from medieval Latin analysis from Greek analusis , from analuein unloose, from ana- up + luein loosen.