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psychoanalyst

nounmasculine/femininetechnicaluncommon/psikɐnɐˈliʃtɐ/psi·ca·na·lis·ta

Definition

1

A practitioner of psychoanalysis, a therapeutic technique exploring the unconscious mind, based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.

Usage examples

He has been seeing a psychoanalyst for three years to work through his anxiety.
The famous psychoanalyst published a new paper on dream interpretation.

Synonyms

Common combinations

see a psychoanalystFreudian psychoanalysttraining psychoanalyst