neo-Freudianadj.n.

1932 J. Jastrow House Freud Built 117 The Neo-Freudian position accepts the doctrine that psychic factors play a leading part in the formation of functional nervous disorders.

1933 G. C. Schwesinger et al. Heredity & Environment v. 432 The neo-Freudian psychiatrists, friendly to Freudian theories, with variations, are more than ready to accept the tremendous significance of environmental influences both in causation and treatment of sick personality.

1948 L. Schneider Freudian Psychol. & Veblen's Social Theory v. 173 This lacuna in neo-Freudian literature is..quite evident in Fromm's Escape From Freedom.

1966 Sociometry 29 301 The therapists were psychiatric social workers and institutionally trained child care workers, heavily grounded in Neo-Freudian milieu-oriented theory.

1992 Prodigy Star Jan. 7/3 Configuring a modem can lead to episodes of neo-Freudian problems like ‘port conflict’.

1933 G. C. Schwesinger et al. Heredity & Environment v. 430 The ‘Neo-Freudians’ are not disciples of Freud, nor are they organized into one group.

1941 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 6 916 The sociologically oriented Neo-Freudians..are not discussed.

1959 New Scientist 17 Dec. 1266/1 A Neo-Freudian who has tried to correct Freud's biologistic approach to behaviour by stressing some of its cultural determinants.

1979 Time 2 Apr. 44/2 Freudians—along with neo-Freudians, psychologists, counselors and Pop therapists—are all increasingly eclectic.

1995 K. D. Browne & C. R. Hollin in C. R. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. v. 86 Contemporary psychoanalysts (neo-Freudians) place less emphasis on the Id or pleasure principle and more emphasis on the Ego or Self.