All 3 Uses of
analysis
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- He was an investment analyst, and Norah had met him in the parking garage six months ago, in the murky concrete light near the elevator.†
p. 292.8 *analyst = psychiatrist
- He was a systems analyst, and Norah liked his sureness, his ability to grasp and discuss the larger whole and not get bogged down in the minutiae of the moment.†
p. 336.9
- He passed around copies of a report and began doing a cost-benefit analysis.†
p. 162.4 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(analysis as in: analysis of relevant data) the process or result of examining and thinking about something to better understand it
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(2)
(analysis as in: psychiatrist suggested analysis) psychiatric treatment -- (using any of many theories of the human mind that use talk therapy to understand the unconscious mind)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus