Laingianadj.n.
/ˈlaŋɪən/ A. adj.
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.
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neuropsychiatric1918
social psychiatric1927
orthopsychiatric1929
Laingian1971
1971 New Statesman 16 Apr. 535/1 A Laingian stereotype has blossomed.
1973 E. Z. Friedenberg Laing (1974) i. 27 Edward Chamberlayne, an archetypical victim..of a Laingian entrapment.
1973 Listener 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.
B. n.
One who adheres to Laing's theories or practises his method of therapy.
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psychiatric social worker1918
social psychiatrist1920
neuropsychiatrist1922
orthopsychiatrist1924
child psychiatrist1925
Laingian1972
1972 Listener 20 Jan. 95/3 Her psychiatrist..a ‘Laingian’ who wants to treat the underlying cause..and not the symptoms.
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