Narcoanalysis
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A form of psychotherapy in which the patient is administered drugs in order to attain a sleeplike state. countable, uncountable
"He had a set of chains in his room that he said he used with his psychoanalyst; they were experimenting with narcoanalysis and found that Old Bull had seven separate personalities, each growing worse and worse on the way down, till finally he was a raving idiot and had to be restrained with chains."
Example
More examples"He had a set of chains in his room that he said he used with his psychoanalyst; they were experimenting with narcoanalysis and found that Old Bull had seven separate personalities, each growing worse and worse on the way down, till finally he was a raving idiot and had to be restrained with chains."
Etymology
From narco- + analysis.
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