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psychoanalyzing

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  • verb Present participle of psychoanalyze.

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Examples

  • But the director is not interested in psychoanalyzing the tightrope walker or trying to reveal every minute planning detail or the financial strain involved in such a feat.

    “Man on Wire” captures rebellious spirit on a tightrope » Scene-Stealers 2008

  • I think 'psychoanalyzing' from hundreds of miles away is dirty pool but ...

    Maureen Dowd Devotes Whole Column To Edwards' Hair 2009

  • People started psychoanalyzing and trying to understand, not just locking them up.

    Friday Book Club: Guest Author - Jennifer Ashley: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie Nalini Singh 2009

  • Despite what some analysts insist, psychoanalyzing the Supreme Leader of Iran from thousands of miles away and proclaiming that he believes the foundation of his rule and the survival of the regime is dependent on anti-Americanism, the reality is that neither the Supreme Leader nor any other Iranian leader, conservative, pragmatist or Green, really believes that -- not unless America really does aspire to be the arbab of Iran.

    Why Iran won’t bow to foreign pressure Steven E. Levingston 2010

  • Don't you wish tennis commentator John McEnroe would just analyze the tennis and stop psychoanalyzing the players?

    Richard Valeriani: July 4, 2011, News Update Richard Valeriani 2011

  • The hazard of psychoanalyzing presidents, however, is that it can lapse into crude reductionism, overemphasizing sub-rational or irrational causes and thereby trivializing more obvious traits and political ideas.

    Putting George W. Bush on the psychologist's couch Post 2011

  • For Temeraire would rather tell Jaime endless stories about dragons and honor (and end up psychoanalyzing his entire family on top of that) until they call it a draw.

    Hear Him Roar grrm 2010

  • The hazard of psychoanalyzing presidents, however, is that it can lapse into crude reductionism, overemphasizing sub-rational or irrational causes and thereby trivializing more obvious traits and political ideas.

    Putting George W. Bush on the psychologist's couch Post 2011

  • It was an off-hand comment not worth psychoanalyzing.

    Mike Griffin Doesn't Seem To Miss NASA Watch - NASA Watch 2009

  • Just show up at the Masters in Augusta after a humiliating personal scandal, bask in a familiar and adoring crowd, emcee an open but snoozy little press conference, throw some uncharacteristic love at the fans, schmooze those stately-looking gents in the green blazers, and then, just for old times 'sake, play some old-fashioned Tiger Woods-style supernatural golf while the entire planet is psychoanalyzing every one of your bodily tics.

    Those Weekend Plans? Time to Rethink Them Jason Gay 2010

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  • Highest scoring common word in Scrabble (worth 1427 points). For highest scoring uncommon word see oxyphenbutazone.

    --Chris Cole "Wordplay: A curious dictionary of language oddities".

    May 17, 2008