psychoanalytic

adjective

of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud

Roots

psychepsycho- · Greek · mind anaana- · Greek · up, throughout lysislyt- · Greek · loosening, dissolving ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to

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The word psychoanalytic breaks down into 4 roots of Greek origin: psycho-, from Greek psyche (“mind”); ana-, from Greek ana (“up, throughout”); lyt, from Greek lysis (“loosening, dissolving”); and -ic, from Greek ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.