Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sullivanian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-li-va-ni-an
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

adj

Of or pertaining to this therapy group.

Example Sentences

"The 39-year-old Sprecher, a computer programmer, was a Sullivanian for twelve years. He left the group in 1986. But the case is not really about Paul, Dee Dee, or even David. It's about the group."

Etymology

From Sullivan + -ian.

Inflected Forms

Sullivanians (plural)

Questions

What does sullivanian mean?: 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.
Where does sullivanian come from?: From Sullivan + -ian.

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