psychoanalyze

[ sahy-koh-an-l-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, psy·cho·an·a·lyzed, psy·cho·an·a·lyz·ing.

1. to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.

Other Words From

• psycho·ana·lyzer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychoanalyze¹

First recorded in 1910–15; psycho- + analyze

Example Sentences

They are psychoanalyzed so closely by company executives that by the time they are finally broadcast they need a vacation from themselves.

From Time

Even if we acknowledge that essentially evil human beings do exist—the Epsteins and Hitlers of the world, whose drive to harm others seems so intense that it must be innate—then we move on to psychoanalyzing their enablers.

From Time