adlerian

ad·le·ri·an

(ad-lĕr'i-ăn),

Relating to or described by Alfred Adler.

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Adlerian

(ăd-lîr′ē-ən)

adj.

Of or being a psychological school based on the belief that behavior arises in subconscious efforts to compensate for inferiority and that psychological illness results from overcompensation for the perceived inferiority.

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