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fictional finalism

in the psychoanalytic theory of Alfred Adler, the belief that human beings are more strongly motivated by the goals and ideals—realizable or unattainable—that they create for themselves and more influenced by future possibilities than by past events such as childhood experiences. This is in strong contrast to the emphasis of classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory. See also guiding fiction; individual psychology.

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sudden unexpected nocturnal-death syndrome

sudden unexpected nocturnal-death syndrome

see nightmare-death syndrome.