"Sullivanian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Sullivan + -ian. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Sullivan|-ian}} Sullivan + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Sullivanian (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to this therapy group. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Sullivanian-en-adj-JVASZ0cn

Noun

Forms: Sullivanians [plural]
Etymology: From Sullivan + -ian. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Sullivan|-ian}} Sullivan + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sullivanian (plural Sullivanians)
  1. A member of an unorthodox and controversial psychotherapy group in New York City from the 1960s to the 1980s, led by Saul B. Newton, promoting a distorted version of psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan's views.
    Sense id: en-Sullivanian-en-noun-7wAAu09v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 2 98

Inflected forms

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