: of or relating to a school of psychoanalysis that differs from Freudian orthodoxy in emphasizing the importance of social and cultural factors in the development of an individual's personality
neo-Freudiannounoften capitalized N
Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
neo-Freudian 1 of 2
adjective
neo-Freud·ian -ˈfrȯid-ē-ən
often capitalized N
: of or relating to a school of psychoanalysis that differs from Freudian orthodoxy in emphasizing the importance of social and cultural factors in the development of an individual's personality
neo-Freudian
2 of 2
noun
often capitalized N
: a member of or advocate of a neo-Freudian school of psychoanalysis