psychoanalytic
adjective
psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic ˌsī-kō-ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik 
variants or less commonly psychoanalytical
ˌsī-kō-ˌa-nə-ˈli-ti-kəl
: of, relating to, or employing psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques
psychoanalytically
ˌsī-kō-ˌa-nə-ˈli-ti-k(ə-)lē
adverb 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But by the 1930s, Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory and its emphasis on the unconscious mind dominated modern thought on mental health. 
Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Gangs ransacked Jewish businesses, including the psychoanalytic publishing house managed by Freud’s son Martin, while brownshirts paid a visit to the Freud household and had to be bribed the equivalent of $840 to leave them alone. Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2022 The novel gets its title from the cruellest month, in psychoanalytic terms, when many therapists, especially the fancy Manhattan ones, tend to take their vacations. Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 Her father, Martin, one of Sigmund Freud’s six children, ran a psychoanalytic publishing house. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 7 June 2022 Most practiced psychoanalytic psychotherapy or one of the Neo-Freudian psychodynamic variants. Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022 Guralnik started to immerse herself in psychoanalytic writing: Freud, Winnicott, R. D. Laing. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Though this is one of the denser texts on this list, and will require some patience and interest in the academic formalities of psychoanalytic theory, the perceptiveness and humility of Winnicott’s observations are worth the read. Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic, 1 May 2022 Nevertheless, Roston soldiers on, casting himself as part literary scholar and part psychoanalytic sleuth. Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022 See More
Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Gangs ransacked Jewish businesses, including the psychoanalytic publishing house managed by Freud’s son Martin, while brownshirts paid a visit to the Freud household and had to be bribed the equivalent of $840 to leave them alone. Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2022 The novel gets its title from the cruellest month, in psychoanalytic terms, when many therapists, especially the fancy Manhattan ones, tend to take their vacations. Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 Her father, Martin, one of Sigmund Freud’s six children, ran a psychoanalytic publishing house. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 7 June 2022 Most practiced psychoanalytic psychotherapy or one of the Neo-Freudian psychodynamic variants. Richard J. Mcnally, WSJ, 13 May 2022 Guralnik started to immerse herself in psychoanalytic writing: Freud, Winnicott, R. D. Laing. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Though this is one of the denser texts on this list, and will require some patience and interest in the academic formalities of psychoanalytic theory, the perceptiveness and humility of Winnicott’s observations are worth the read. Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic, 1 May 2022 Nevertheless, Roston soldiers on, casting himself as part literary scholar and part psychoanalytic sleuth. Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
psychoanalytic
adjective
psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic -ˌan-ᵊl-ˈit-ik
variants also psychoanalytical
-i-kəl
: of, relating to, or employing psychoanalysis or its principles and techniques