Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense psychoanalyses, present participle psychoanalysing, past tense, past participle psychoanalysedregional note: in AM, use psychoanalyze
verb
When a psychotherapist or psychiatrist psychoanalyses someone who has mental problems, he or she examines or treats them using psychoanalysis.
The movie sees Burton psychoanalysing Firth to cure him of his depression. [VERB noun]
psychoanalyse in British English
or US psychoanalyze (ˌsaɪkəʊˈænəˌlaɪz)
verb
(transitive)
to examine or treat (a person) by psychoanalysis
Derived forms
psychoanalyser (ˌpsychoˈanaˌlyser) or US psychoanalyzer (ˌpsychoˈanaˌlyzer)