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Adlerian
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Ad·le·ri·an  (d-lîr-n)
adj.
Of or being a psychological school based on the belief that behavior arises in subconscious efforts to compensate for inferiority and that psychological illness results from overcompensation for the perceived inferiority.
[After Alfred Adler.]
Adlerian [ædˈlɪərɪən]
adj
(Psychiatry) of or relating to the Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) or his ideas
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Adlerian [ˌædˈlɪərɪən] ADJ (Psych) → adleriano
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There are Freudians, Jungians, Adlerians, Ericksonians, and the list could go on, rivaling or exceeding the medical theorists of the past (Misiak & Sexton, 1966).
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