Jungism

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noun

The doctrines and philosophy of Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung (1875–1961).

First used 20th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounJungism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe doctrines and philosophy of Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung (1875–1961).First known use 20th c.

    When examined from a historical perspective, the contemporary phenomenon of Jungism presents numerous paradoxes.

    1994, Richard Noll, The Jung Cult, Fontana Press, published 1996, page 7
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    Jungism can be not so much a rival of social sciences in explaining collective phenomena but a unique subject in these sciences.

    2022, Ewa Kwiatkowska, in Kuzmicki et al., Collective Structures of Imagination in Jungian Interpretation, p. 52

Origin

From Jung + -ism.

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