of, following, or relating to C. G. Jung, his system of psychoanalysis, or to analytical psychology
Jungian in American English
(ˈjuŋiən)
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Carl G. Jung or his theories, esp. of archetypes and the collective unconscious
noun
2.
an advocate or follower of Jung's theories
Word origin
[1930–35; jung + -ian]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, hypercorrection, old school tie, preset, technical foul-ian is a suffix occurring originally in adjectives borrowed from Latin, formed from nounsdenoting places (Italian) or persons (Flavian), and now productively forming English adjectives by extension of the Latin pattern.Attached to geographical names, it denotes provenance or membership (Washingtonian), the latter sense now extended to membership in social classes, religious denominations,etc. (Episcopalian; pedestrian). Attached to personal names, it has the additional senses “contemporary with” ( Victorian) or “proponent of” (Hegelian; Freudian) the person specified by the noun base. It also occurs in a set of personal nouns,mainly loanwords from French, denoting one who engages in, practices, or works withthe referent of the base noun (comedian; grammarian; theologian)
Examples of 'Jungian' in a sentence
Jungian
If I were a Jungian, which I am not, I would probably classify you as the introverted, thinking type.