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Jungism

Jungism noun: the doctrines and philosophy of Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung (1875–1961).

Noun

Jungism (uncountable)

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

From Jung + -ism.

Questions about Jungism

What does Jungism mean?
Jungism means the doctrines and philosophy of Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung (1875–1961).
What part of speech is Jungism?
Jungism is a noun.

Words near Jungism in the dictionary

  1. Jungfraujoch
  2. Jungian
  3. Jungianism
  4. Jungianisms
  5. Jungians
  6. Jungism
  7. jungite
  8. jungle
  9. jungle Asian
  10. jungle babbler
  11. jungle babblers

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