🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

autoanálisis

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aw.to.aˈna.li.sis

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Self-analysis/ˌsɛlf.əˈnæl.ɪ.sɪs/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Un profundo autoanálisis le ayudó a superar sus miedos internos."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The detailed examination and evaluation of one's own thoughts, motives, actions, or psychological state.

    "Through careful self-analysis, she realized that her professional choices were driven by a desire for validation rather than passion."
  2. 2

    In psychoanalysis, the process of analyzing one's own dreams, resistances, and neuroses, originally undertaken by a practitioner without the aid of a supervisor or therapist.

    "Freud famously engaged in rigorous self-analysis to uncover the unconscious roots of his own neurotic symptoms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a nineteenth-century compound combining the English reflexive prefix 'self-' (derived from Old German and Old English roots meaning 'one's own person') with 'analysis', which comes from the Greek 'analysis', meaning 'a breaking up or untying'. It entered psychological discourse formally in the early 20th century, notably popularized by Sigmund Freud in reference to the examination of one's own psyche without an external analyst.

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