PSYCHAL
Psy"chal, a. Etym: [See Psychical.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical. Bayne.
PSYCHANALYSIS
Psy`cha*nal"y*sis, n. [Psycho-+ analysis.]
Defn: A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis based on the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- —) of Vienna. The method rests upon the theory that hysteria is characteristically due to repression of desires consciously rejected but subconsciously persistent; it consists in a close analysis of the patient's mental history, stress being laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of suggestion. — Psy*chan`a*lyt"ic (#), a. — Psy`cha*nal"y*sist (#), n.
PSYCHE
Psy"che, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Class Myth.)
Defn: A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or
Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.
2. The soul; the vital principle; the mind.
3. Etym: [F. psyché.]
Defn: A cheval glass.