phyloanalyticadj.
/ˌfʌɪləʊanəˈlɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfaɪloʊˌænəˈlɪdɪk/ Psychology. Now chiefly historical.
Of or relating to phyloanalysis.
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phyloanalytic1932
1932 T. Burrow Struct. Insanity vi. 66 The aim, therefore, of the phyloanalytic method is the application of a technique that will enable the patient to acquire a facility for rendering his own physiological tensions objectively perceptible to him.
1950 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 15 142/2 So far as is recalled, there has not yet been published a ‘blow-by-blow’ case record or verbatim reportage, by participant and/or observer, of a single phyloanalytic session.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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