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Sullivanians

Sullivanians is the plural of Sullivanian.

Meaning of Sullivanian

Noun

Sullivanian (plural Sullivanians)

  1. A member of an unorthodox and controversial psychotherapy group in New York City from the 1960s to the 1980s, led by Saul B. Newton, promoting a distorted version of psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan's views.
    • The 39-year-old Sprecher, a computer programmer, was a Sullivanian for twelve years. He left the group in 1986. But the case is not really about Paul, Dee Dee, or even David. It's about the group.1989 June 19, Phoebe Hoban, “Psycho Drama: The Chilling Story of How the Sullivanian Cult Turned a Utopian Dream into a Nightmare”, in New York, volume 22, number 25, →ISSN, page 41

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What is Sullivanians the plural of?
Sullivanians is the plural of Sullivanian.

Words near Sullivanians in the dictionary

  1. Sullington
  2. Sullivan
  3. Sullivan County
  4. Sullivan Harbor
  5. Sullivanian
  6. Sullivanians
  7. Sullivans
  8. Sullivant
  9. Sullivants
  10. Sullo
  11. Sullos

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