PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychoanalytic process mean? 

• PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS has 1 sense:

1. a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS (noun)

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Meaning:

A process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("psychoanalytic process" is a kind of...):

human process (a process in which human beings are involved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psychoanalytic process"):

defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)