Observable as a tendency of our culture is a – of – psychoanalysis: we no longer feel that it can solve our emotional problems.
(A) divergence … certainty about
(B) confrontation … enigmas in
© withdrawal … belief in
(D) defense … weaknesses in
(E) failure … rigor in
There is a colon in this sentence. And the colon is used to indicate that what follows it is an explanation or elaboration of what precedes it. In other words, an idea before a colon usually supports the idea after the colon.
So, “we no longer feel that it can solve our emotional problems” means we no longer believe in it(Here, it refers to psychoanalysis.) To put it another way, we don’t give credence to it anymore, and that is what people are observing now.
So, the answer choice C makes sense.
ahan. Now i get it. Thank you!
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