— psychoanalytic /suy'koh an'l it"ik/ , psychoanalytical , adj. — psychoanalytically , adv.
/suy'koh euh nal"euh sis/ , n.
1. a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
2. a technical procedure for investigating unconscious mental processes and for treating psychoneuroses.
[ 1905-10; Psychoanalyse. See PSYCHO-, ANALYSIS ]