verb
- past tense and past participle of psychoanalyse; subjected to or treated with psychoanalysis
Usage: British English spelling (American English: psychoanalyzed); typically used in medical or psychological contexts
Examples
- The patient was psychoanalysed by a trained therapist over several years.
- She psychoanalysed his behavior to understand the root of his anxiety.
- After being psychoanalysed, he gained insight into his childhood trauma.
- The literary critic psychoanalysed the author's motives through his published works.
- Many famous figures have been psychoanalysed to explore their psychological development.