Max Eitingon
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Max Eitingon was a German-Jewish psychoanalyst and close associate of Sigmund Freud, known for helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training and practice in Europe and the Middle East.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Max Eitingon canonical | 3 |
| Motty Eitingon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5364969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Eitingon Context triple: [Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, hasMember, Max Eitingon]
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A.
Max Zaslofsky
Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
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B.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
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C.
Avram Finkelstein
Avram Finkelstein is an American artist, writer, and activist best known as a founding member of the AIDS activist collective Gran Fury and for co-creating the iconic "Silence = Death" poster.
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D.
Victor Finkelstein
Victor Finkelstein was a pioneering disability rights activist and theorist who helped shape the social model of disability in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Peretz Hirschbein
Peretz Hirschbein was a pioneering Yiddish playwright and theater director whose lyrical, often rural-themed dramas helped shape modern Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Eitingon Target entity description: Max Eitingon was a German-Jewish psychoanalyst and close associate of Sigmund Freud, known for helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training and practice in Europe and the Middle East.
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A.
Max Zaslofsky
Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
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B.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
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C.
Avram Finkelstein
Avram Finkelstein is an American artist, writer, and activist best known as a founding member of the AIDS activist collective Gran Fury and for co-creating the iconic "Silence = Death" poster.
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D.
Victor Finkelstein
Victor Finkelstein was a pioneering disability rights activist and theorist who helped shape the social model of disability in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Peretz Hirschbein
Peretz Hirschbein was a pioneering Yiddish playwright and theater director whose lyrical, often rural-themed dramas helped shape modern Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Jew
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person ⓘ psychoanalyst ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| closeCollaborator | Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of psychoanalytic institutions in Europe
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development of psychoanalytic institutions in the Middle East ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | German Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jews
|
| familyName | Eitingon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| givenName | Max ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| knownFor |
helping institutionalize psychoanalytic practice
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helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training ⓘ role in international psychoanalytic organizations ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | psychoanalytic movement ⓘ |
| movement | Freudian psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
institution-based psychoanalytic practice
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standardized psychoanalytic training ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrTrainee | psychoanalysts trained under institutional programs he helped create ⓘ |
| notableWork |
institutionalization of psychoanalytic training
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organization of psychoanalytic practice in Europe ⓘ organization of psychoanalytic practice in the Middle East ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
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psychoanalyst ⓘ |
| partOf | early psychoanalytic circle around Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Max Eitingon Description of subject: Max Eitingon was a German-Jewish psychoanalyst and close associate of Sigmund Freud, known for helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training and practice in Europe and the Middle East.
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linked to: Max Eitingon