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Kraepelinian

Kraepelinian adjective: relating to Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926), German psychiatrist who believed that psychiatric disorders were the result of biological and genetic malfunction.

Adjective

Kraepelinian (not comparable)

  1. Relating to Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926), German psychiatrist who believed that psychiatric disorders were the result of biological and genetic malfunction.

Noun

Kraepelinian (plural Kraepelinians)

  1. A follower of Emil Kraepelin's approach.

Forms of Kraepelinian

pluralKraepelinians

Origin of Kraepelinian

From German Kraepelin + -ian.

Words formed from Kraepelinian

  • neo-Kraepelinian

Questions about Kraepelinian

What does Kraepelinian mean?
Kraepelinian means relating to Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926), German psychiatrist who believed that psychiatric disorders were the result of biological and genetic malfunction.
What part of speech is Kraepelinian?
Kraepelinian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Kraepelinian in the dictionary

  1. Kracke
  2. Krackes
  3. Kraemer
  4. kraemeriid
  5. kraemeriids
  6. Kraepelinian
  7. Kraepelinians
  8. kraft
  9. kraft leather
  10. kraft paper
  11. kraft papers

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