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Jung

American  
[yoong] / yʊŋ /

noun

  1. Carl Gustav 1875–1961, Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist.


Jung British  
/ jʊŋ /

noun

  1. Carl Gustav (karl ˈɡʊstaf). 1875–1961, Swiss psychologist. His criticism of Freud's emphasis on the sexual instinct ended their early collaboration. He went on to found analytical psychology, developing the concepts of the collective unconscious and its archetypes and of the extrovert and introvert as the two main psychological types

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In the sixth inning of Tuesday’s game, Rushing tagged out Jung Hoo Lee at home plate to end the inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Jung and Clarke, along with their collaborators, then spent more than a year studying the anatomy in detail.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook had not made an appearance, but already, BTS was everywhere.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

“You don’t need to wait until Monday for markets to open and everyone to move,” said Hyunsu Jung, chief executive of crypto firm Hyperion DeFi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Kyung and her husband, Jung Kun Kim, head a small Christian ministry called the Ivy Global Mission.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden