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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

There have been no cases of bird flu identified in people in Washington state, said Hannah Schnitzler, communicable disease epidemiologist with Washington state Department of Health.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

Mr. Schnitzler said that at first, they treated the news of the coming evacuees as a security question.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2022

And they seem to reflect moments when Schnitzler felt that, in choosing poetry rather than medicine for his life work, he had sacrificed the better choice.

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

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