Krafft-Ebing

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

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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Examples from the Web for krafft-ebing

It must be observed, in criticising Krafft-Ebing's theory, that it is so constructed as to render controversy almost impossible.
A Problem in Modern Ethics|John Addington Symonds
He cleared away various ancient prejudices and superstitions which even Krafft-Ebing sometimes incautiously repeated.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
However that may be, the physicians, as represented by Krafft-Ebing, absolve all subjects of inverted sexuality from crime.
A Problem in Modern Ethics|John Addington Symonds
Krafft-Ebing having made a profound study of this question we shall follow his subdivisions in the main.
The Sexual Question|August Forel

Krafft-Ebing goes much further, holding "that woman is naturally and organically frigid."
The Truth About Woman|C. Gasquoine Hartley

British Dictionary definitions for krafft-ebing

Krafft-Ebing

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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