psychoanalyst
nounmasculine/femininetécnico/psikɐnɐˈliʃtɐ/low
psi·ca·na·lis·ta
Definition
A practitioner of psychoanalysis, a therapeutic technique exploring the unconscious mind, based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.
He has been seeing a psychoanalyst for three years to work through his anxiety.
The famous psychoanalyst published a new paper on dream interpretation.
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Common collocations
see a psychoanalystFreudian psychoanalysttraining psychoanalyst
Etymology
Do alemão 'Psychoanalytiker', através do inglês 'psychoanalyst'.