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Cleckleyan

Cleckleyan adjective: of or relating to Hervey M. Cleckley (1903–1984), American psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of psychopathy.

Adjective

Cleckleyan (comparative more Cleckleyan, superlative most Cleckleyan)

  1. Of or relating to Hervey M. Cleckley (1903–1984), American psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of psychopathy.

Forms of Cleckleyan

comparativemore Cleckleyan
superlativemost Cleckleyan

Origin of Cleckleyan

From Cleckley + -an.

Questions about Cleckleyan

What does Cleckleyan mean?
Cleckleyan means of or relating to Hervey M. Cleckley (1903–1984), American psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of psychopathy.
What part of speech is Cleckleyan?
Cleckleyan is an adjective.

Words near Cleckleyan in the dictionary

  1. clecking
  2. cleckings
  3. Cleckler
  4. Clecklers
  5. Cleckley
  6. Cleckleyan
  7. Cleckleys
  8. clecks
  9. CLECs
  10. Cleddau
  11. cledge

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