psychoanalytic

From psycho- +‎ analytic.

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psychoanalytic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to psychoanalysis.
   • 1974 February 2, Eric Rofes, “For Leathermen Who Have Considered S&M”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 19:

     Despite the accuracy of his observations, Rechy's political analysis of S&M, although it includes some good insights, is limited, moralistic, and tainted with psychoanalytic bias, and makes the leather scene into a place of warped madness and sickness.

   • 2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 May 2025:

     For example, psychoanalytic patients often resist remembering their childhood because they fear they will end up blaming their parents for their problems and feel guilty for betraying them.

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