Kleinianadj.n.
/ˈklʌɪnɪən/ Psychology.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Melanie Klein or her theories which, though basically Freudian, differed particularly in the field of child psychoanalysis.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > follower of Klein > [adjective]
Kleinian1955
1955 R. L. Munroe Schools of Psychoanalyt. Thought 663/1 Introjection,..in Kleinian theory.
1959 Encounter Apr. 41/1 A..comprehensive interpretation of various aspects of art in terms of Kleinian theory.
1960 R. Waelder Basic Theory Psychoanal. xi. 233 Analysts of the Kleinian school of thought have made different claims.
1972 Guardian 6 July 15/3 The Kleinian examination of infantile development.
B. n.
A follower of the theories of Melanie Klein.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > follower of Klein > [noun]
Kleinian1961
1961 J. A. C. Brown Freud & Post-Freudians iv. 79 The biological emphasis further stressed by the Kleinians, who are now regarded by many as the main movement in orthodox psychoanalysis.
1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Feb. 111/2 It has become almost impossible to write even a lyric poem without being diagnosed as a Freudian, a Kleinian, [etc.].
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