Adlerian
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Ad·le·ri·an
(ăd-lîr′ē-ən)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.]
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Adlerian
(ædˈlɪərɪən)adj
(Psychiatry) of or relating to Alfred Adler or his ideas
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Ad•le•ri•an
(ædˈlɪər i ən)adj.
of or pertaining to Alfred Adler or his theories, esp. the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
[1930–35]
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Adlerian
[ˌædˈlɪərɪən] ADJ (Psych) → adlerianoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005