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Jungian
adjective
Jung·ian
ˈyu̇ŋ-ē-ən
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Carl Gustav Jung or his psychological concepts
Jungian
noun
Examples of Jungian in a Sentence
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According to Jungian theory, what process involves integrating the contents of the shadow into consciousness?
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 31 July 2024
The video, which has been viewed more than 36,000 times, is just one of over 48 million on the social media platform that explores the topic of shadow, and one more piece of evidence of a wide-ranging resurgence of Jungian fascination.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
This question arises considering the rapid evolution akin to Freudian/Jungian theories, where each successive ‘generation’ overcomes or integrates with its ‘parent.’
Eshed doesn’t think so.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
Spender met the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung on a ship from India and began a course of Jungian analysis.
—Maya Jasanoff, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
Deep Jungian dive on key stories that exist across various cultures and contain within them the seeds of initiations in the feminine psyche’s development.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2024
The success of This Jungian Life is helping fill practices, and training applications have also soared.
—Vulture, 13 Sep. 2023
Children represent creativity and the growth of ideas, says Gary Toub, PhD, a diplomate Jungian analyst who specializes in dream interpretation and a Senior Training Analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Colorado.
—Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
Skinwalkers, Jungian synchronicities, hollow-earth theories, Vallée-ian UFO speculation.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1930, in the meaning defined above
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“Jungian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jungian. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
Jungian
1 of 2 noun
Jung·ian
ˈyu̇ŋ-ē-ən
: an adherent of the psychological doctrines of C. G. Jung
Jungian
2 of 2 adjective
: of, relating to, or characteristic of C. G. Jung or his psychological concepts
Jungian archetypes
Jungian psychology
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