This page gathers the 49 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Psychoanalysis”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- actual neurosis noun A type of neurosis primarily caused by present-day factors, particularly disturbances in sexual satisfaction, rather than by unresolved…
- Adlerian adj Of or relating to Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology.
- anaclisis noun The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
- anaclitic adj Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g., hunger).
- anal adj Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
- anal stage noun The Freudian stage of psychosocial development in which the chief erogenous zone is the anus and the child gains pleasure from learning to…
- analytical psychology noun A theory and therapeutic approach founded by Carl Gustav Jung, which extends beyond Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis by emphasizing the role…
- biodynamic adj Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy healing developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s.
- character neurosis noun A type of psychological disturbance where enduring personality traits or behavioral patterns become maladaptive, leading to emotional…
- constellation noun Synonym of complex (“a collection of ideas caused by repressed emotions that leads to an abnormal mental condition”).
- cycloid adj characterized by alternating high and low moods.
- disaffectation noun alexithymia, a neurological condition characterized by severe lack of emotional awareness
- Electra complex noun The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.
- family romance noun A childhood fantasy whereby a child imagines that their real parents are in fact royalty or otherwise of high birth; (loosely), the…
- fantasy verb To fantasize about (something).
- foreclosure noun The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.
- Freudian adj Susceptible to analysis in terms of unconscious thoughts or desires.
- Freudianism noun Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development…
- gaze noun In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
- genital adj Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
- id noun The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.
- Madonna-whore complex noun A complex said to develop in men who see women as either saintly "Madonnas" or debased prostitutes, potentially leading to the inability to…
- ocnophil noun A personality type characterised by avoidance of dangerous of unfamiliar situations, and the reliance on other people for security.
- ocnophilic adj Relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).
- Oedipus complex noun In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex.
- oral adj Relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of…
- oral stage noun In Freudian psychoanalysis, the first stage of psychosexual development, during early infancy, when the baby's mouth is their primary…
- overdetermined adj Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.
- peripeteia noun A turning point in psychosocial development.
- peripety noun The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.
- phallus noun The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.
- philobatic adj Relating to or characteristic of a philobat (someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own).
- pleasure principle noun The principle that human decisions and behavior are strongly motivated by the instinctual desire of the id, arising in infancy, to…
- preoral adj Prior to the oral stage, in Freudian psychoanalysis.
- primal horde noun In Freudian psychoanalysis, an archetypal cathexis of the sons usurping their father's hierarchical position; the basis of the Oedipus…
- primal scene noun In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) his or her parents copulating.
- project verb To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
- psych verb Clipping of psychoanalyse (“to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis”); also, to carry out psychological testing on (someone).
- psychoanalyze verb To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
- pulsion noun A subconscious drive or impulse.
- reality principle noun The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing…
- Reichian adj Relating to or influenced by the Austrian psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) and his therapeutic methods.
- somatosis noun the manifestation of severe, unexpressed psychological distress or trauma directly through the body (soma) in the absence of a clear…
- stroke verb To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- sublimate verb To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an…
- sublimated adj Modified from the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct into a socially acceptable manner.
- superego noun The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
- uncanny noun Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.
- utraquism noun A method that uses analogy to draw on insights from both objective natural science on the one hand, and subjective psychology and social…