psychoanalyze
verb
psy·cho·an·a·lyze
ˌsī-kō-ˈa-nə-ˌlīz 
psychoanalyzed; psychoanalyzing; psychoanalyzes
: to treat by means of psychoanalysis
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Bits of backstory about Iris’s father suggest there’s more to her attachment to Walter, but the film doesn’t try to psychoanalyze her.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
And the cycle of talking heads psychoanalyzing the Huskies’ head coach started all over again.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The movie’s incessant urge to psychoanalyze John’s fanaticism could have stopped at the boot camp sequence.
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But first, she is scolded, lectured and psychoanalyzed by the prosecutor and judge.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
And the cycle of talking heads psychoanalyzing the Huskies’ head coach started all over again.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The movie’s incessant urge to psychoanalyze John’s fanaticism could have stopped at the boot camp sequence.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
But first, she is scolded, lectured and psychoanalyzed by the prosecutor and judge.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Psychoanalyze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychoanalyze. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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psychoanalyze
verb
psy·cho·an·a·lyze
ˌsi-kō-ˈan-ᵊl-ˌīz
: to treat by means of psychoanalysis
Medical Definition
psychoanalyze
transitive verb
psy·cho·an·a·lyze
variants
or British psychoanalyse
psychoanalyzed or British psychoanalysed; psychoanalyzing or British psychoanalysing
: to treat by means of psychoanalysis
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