Bleulerian

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adjective

Of or relating to Paul Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939), Swiss psychiatrist who studied mental illness and coined the term schizophrenia.

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Meanings

adjectiveBleulerian (comparative more Bleulerian, superlative most Bleulerian)

comparative more Bleulerian · superlative most Bleulerian

  1. Of or relating to Paul Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939), Swiss psychiatrist who studied mental illness and coined the term schizophrenia.

    His thinking and speaking became more and more splintered, and full of neologisms; words and even fragments of words broke up, re-assorted, and were given new meanings; he now spoke in a very accelerated Bleulerian 'word salad,' brilliant in a way, but very difficult to follow[…]

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From German Bleuler + -ian.

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APA

Bleulerian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bleulerian

MLA

“Bleulerian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bleulerian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bleulerian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bleulerian.

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