Adlerian. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Adlerian

SYLLABICATION:	Ad·le·ri·an
PRONUNCIATION:	d-lîr-n
ADJECTIVE:	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.
ETYMOLOGY:	After Alfred Adler.


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