psychoanalyst

[ sahy-koh-an-l-ist ]

noun

1. a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychoanalyst¹

First recorded in 1910–15; psycho- + analyst

Example Sentences

Stephen Ducat is an author, political psychologist, psychoanalyst and former psychology professor in the School of Humanities at New College of California.

From Salon

Stephen Ducat is a political psychologist, psychoanalyst and former psychology professor in the School of Humanities at New College of California.

From Salon

Some psychoanalysts who observed the rallies believed these grievance narratives gave people the chance to blame external forces for all the things they didn’t like about themselves.

From Salon

An explanation for the condition came near the end of World War II, when René Spitz, an Austrian psychoanalyst, observed that infants in a Mexican orphanage tended to be listless, scrawny and slow to develop.

From New York Times

It drew on another of Jung’s central theories about the way the mind works, and served as the culmination of Krans’ own exploration of the Swiss psychoanalyst’s school of thought.

From Los Angeles Times

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