(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities | an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole |
| a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud |
| the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
| a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation |
| a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed |
| the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' |