Krafft-Ebing

[ kraft-eb-ing, krahft-; German krahft-ey-bingk ]

/ ˈkræftˈɛb ɪŋ, ˈkrɑft-; German ˈkrɑftˈeɪ bɪŋk /

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noun

Rich·ard

[rich-erd; German rikh-ahrt], /ˈrɪtʃ ərd; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/, Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.

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How to use Krafft-Ebing in a sentence

Krafft-Ebing said that he never saw a case of true and reasonably well developed paranoia without hereditary taint.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The corresponding condition in women was by von Krafft-Ebing termed viraginity.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
Moll, Krafft-Ebing and Hirschfeld have written at great length on sexual inversion.
The Sexual Question|August Forel
Krafft-Ebing is wrong in maintaining that in all such cases the women are always neurotic.
The Sexual Question|August Forel

Concerning sexual psycho-pathology I have followed the classification of Krafft-Ebing.
The Sexual Question|August Forel

British Dictionary definitions for Krafft-Ebing

Krafft-Ebing

/ (German ˈkraftˈeːbɪŋ) /

noun

Richard (ˈrɪçart), Baron von Krafft-Ebing. 1840–1902, German neurologist and psychiatrist who pioneered the systematic study of sexual behaviour in Psychopathia Sexualis (1886)

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