psychanalyser

Senses

1. 1.

   to psychoanalyze

   to subject to or treat by means of psychoanalysis

2. 2.

   to analyze psychologically

   to examine or interpret someone's behavior or motives in psychological terms

Examples

• "Le psychiatre a psychanalysé son patient pendant plusieurs mois."

  The psychiatrist psychoanalyzed his patient for several months.

• "Elle aime psychanalyser les personnages des romans qu'elle lit."

  She likes to psychologically analyze the characters in the novels she reads.

• "On ne peut pas psychanalyser quelqu'un qui ne le souhaite pas."

  You cannot psychoanalyze someone who doesn't wish it.

Usage

Regular -er verb. Formal and technical register, used in clinical/literary contexts. Often implies applying Freudian or psychological theory to understand behavior or text. The noun is psychanalyse; the agent is psychanalyste.