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PSYCHOANALYST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
Synonyms:
analyst; psychoanalyst
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("psychoanalyst" is a kind of...):
head-shrinker; psychiatrist; shrink (a physician who specializes in psychiatry)
Instance hyponyms:
Freud; Sigmund Freud (Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939))
Klein; Melanie Klein (United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960))
Reich; Wilhelm Reich (Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957))
Derivation:
psychoanalyze (subject to psychoanalytic treatment)
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