a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
| a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts |
| (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior |
| a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated |