a form of psychotherapy intended to release the patient's full potential by focusing on the positive rather than the negative
psychosynthesis in American English
(ˌsaikouˈsɪnθəsɪs)
noun
a theoretical effort to reconcile components of the unconscious, including dreams, with the rest of the personality
Word origin
[1915–20; psycho- + synthesis]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conditioning, feedback, markup, soviet, supernationalismpsycho- is a combining form representing psyche (psychological) and psychological (psychoanalysis) in compound words. Other words that use the affix psycho- include: psychodynamics, psychographics, psychometry, psychosomatic, psychotronic
Examples of 'psychosynthesis' in a sentence
psychosynthesis
Everyone has their own quest for this grail: through mind-mapping, creative visualisation, self-help books, religion, psychosynthesis.