Kohlbergian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kohlberg +‎ -ian

Adjective[edit]

Kohlbergian (comparative more Kohlbergian, superlative most Kohlbergian)

  1. Of or relating to Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987), American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.
    • 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 13, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
      The Kohlbergian emergence of increasingly complex stages of moral development is built on the Piagetian emergence of increasingly complex logical operations.