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1 —as in:
analysis of relevant data
Definition
the process or result of examining and thinking about something to better understand it- According to my analysis, we should focus on improving customer service.
analysis = detailed examination
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The police are waiting for an analysis of the DNA.
- Another case of men devoting their lives to studying more and more about less and less—filling volumes and libraries with the subtle linguistic analysis of the grunt.Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel
- Westerberg's latter conjecture, as it turned out, was a fairly astute analysis of the relationship between Chris and Walt McCandless.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- The qualitative analysis give a quite normal condition, and shows, I should infer, in itself a vigorous state of health.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- Whatever the answer, Liesel didn't attempt any further analysis.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- My imagination was vivid, yet my powers of analysis and application were intense; by the union of these qualities I conceived the idea and executed the creation of a man.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- I imagined the Augustus Waters analysis of that comment: If I am playing basketball in heaven, does that imply a physical location of a heaven containing physical basketballs?John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- I have included in my report all of my formulas, as well as mathematical analyses of the data in the appendix.Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel
- Well, I stand by my pre-Van Houten analysis of the Dutch Tulip Man.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
analysis = detailed examination
analysis = detailed examination
analysis = understanding based upon examination
analysis = detailed examination
analysis = attempt to figure something out
analysis = examining and thinking about something to better understand it
analysis = detailed examination
analyses = detailed examinations
(editor's note: This is the plural of analysis.)
analysis = understanding based upon examination
2 —as in:
psychiatrist suggested analysis
Definition
psychiatric treatment — (using any of many theories of the human mind that use talk therapy to understand the unconscious mind)- I visited the psychiatrist who recommended I undergo analysis.
analysis = psychiatric treatment
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- My analyst has an interesting interpretation of the dream.
- Jung's theory of psychoanalysis emphasized the Collective Unconscious.
- Freud's theory of analysis emphasized dreams and sexual repression.
- Although there may be some truth in both hypotheses, this sort of posthumous off-the-rack psychoanalysis is a dubious, highly speculative enterprise that inevitably demeans and trivializes the absent analysand.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Jason bent over the analyst, who was moving both arms, his right hand stretched out, trying desperately to reach something.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- 'I believe this is something you lost,' said the analyst, angling his crutches and settling down in the chair with difficulty.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- 'What do you think those men are here for?' asked the analyst.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- Analyst, you'll get us killed!Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- Moscow's sending Ogilvie back with a team of financial analysts, and with our own people they'll start the process of dismantling.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
analyst = psychiatrist
psychoanalysis = psychiatric treatment; or a theory of psychiatric treatment
analysis = psychiatric treatment
psychoanalysis = applied psychiatric theory
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