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Laingian, a.|ˈlæŋɪən| [-ian.] Of or pertaining to the theories of the British psychologist R. D. Laing (1927–), esp. that a disintegrative mental illness such as schizophrenia is due to ‘normal’ social or family pressures which are intolerable to the self, and that re-integrative therapy is therefore possible only when such conventionally accepted pressures are removed. Hence as n., one who adheres to Laing's theories or practises his method of therapy.
1971New Statesman 16 Apr. 535/1 A Laingian stereotype has blossomed. 1972Listener 20 Jan. 95/3 Her psychiatrist..a ‘Laingian’ who wants to treat the underlying cause..and not the symptoms. 1973E. Z. Friedenberg Laing (1974) i. 27 Edward Chamberlayne, an archetypical victim..of a Laingian entrapment. 1973Listener 10 May 623/2 The now-familiar Laingian argument that language is the first and strongest of the prison-houses with which our civilisation enslaves the free self. |