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Schnitzler

American  
[shnits-ler, shnits-luhr] / ˈʃnɪts lər, ˈʃnɪts lər /

noun

  1. Arthur 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.


Schnitzler British  
/ ˈʃnɪtslər /

noun

  1. Arthur (ˈartʊr). 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist. His best-known works are Anatol (1893) a series of one-act plays, and Reigen (1900), both of which reveal his psychological insight and preoccupation with sexuality

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It’s based on a novel written in the 1890s by the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler, and the adaptation’s transposition of time and place comes off as anachronistic and unconvincing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Among those who accepted the invitation were banker Hjalmar Schacht, who would later become the Third Reich's chief finance minister; Georg von Schnitzler, head of the chemical and pharmaceutical giant I.G.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

Sparta, the biggest city in Monroe County, had to dip into its reserves to make up for the lost revenue, Mr. Schnitzler said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2022

“I’m devastated,” said Rainer Schnitzler, mayor of Poecking, a town in Bavaria that had 5 million euros on deposit with Greensill.

From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2021

The younger Schnitzler studied medicine at the Vienna University, as did also his brother, and obtained his M.D. in 1885.

From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Björkman, Edwin

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