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Leontievian

Leontievian adjective: of or relating to Aleksei N. Leontiev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Лео́нтьев; 1903–1979), Soviet developmental psychologist and philosopher and the founder of activity theory. Also the alternative form of Leontiefian.

Adjective

Leontievian (comparative more Leontievian, superlative most Leontievian)

  1. Of or relating to Aleksei N. Leontiev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Лео́нтьев; 1903–1979), Soviet developmental psychologist and philosopher and the founder of activity theory.

Also used as

Leontievian is also the alternative form of Leontiefian.

Forms of Leontievian

comparativemore Leontievian
superlativemost Leontievian

Questions about Leontievian

What does Leontievian mean?
Leontievian means of or relating to Aleksei N. Leontiev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Лео́нтьев; 1903–1979), Soviet developmental psychologist and philosopher and the founder of activity theory.
What part of speech is Leontievian?
Leontievian is an adjective.

Words near Leontievian in the dictionary

  1. Leonorah
  2. Leonore
  3. Leonormania
  4. leontiasis
  5. Leontiefian
  6. Leontievian
  7. Leontine
  8. Leontines
  9. Leontini
  10. leontiniid
  11. leontiniids

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