— psychodynamic , adj. — psychodynamically , adv.
/suy'koh duy nam"iks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )
1. Psychol. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
2. the aggregate of motivational forces, both conscious and unconscious, that determine human behavior and attitudes.
Also called dynamics .
[ 1870-75; PSYCHO- + DYNAMICS ]