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Definition of "psychoanalyze" []

  • To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "psychoanalyze" in a sentence
  • "PODESTA: Mr. Waxman, I am loathe to kind of psychoanalyze the president and try to figure out exactly what factors went to what."
  • "If you really wanted to kind of psychoanalyze, I think it was, you know -- I mean, part of it was f-- kind of freedom."
  • "Where in that quote do you get that Obama is trying to "psychoanalyze" children?"