a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis short for psychoanalyst
See psychoanalyst
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
an•a•lyst /ˈænəlɪst/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
- a psychoanalyst.
an•a•lyst
(an′l ist),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
- a psychoanalyst.
- ComputingSee systems analyst.
- French analyste, equivalent. to analyse analysis + -iste -ist, by haplology from *analysiste
- 1650–60
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