Analysis

noun

ə'nælɪsɪs

Noun

a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
“his physician recommended psychoanalysis”
Similar:Psychoanalysis
Type of:Psychotherapy
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
Type of:Reasoning
a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
Type of:Calculus
a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
Type of:Criticism
an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
Type of:InvestigationInvestigating
the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'
Type of:Style