Sullivanian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sullivanian (plural Sullivanians)
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
Adjective
[edit]Sullivanian (not comparable)