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orthogenic

[ awr-thuh-jen-ik ]

adjective

  1. Psychology. of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for intellectually disabled or emotionally disturbed children:

    an orthogenic school.

  2. Biology. orthogenetic.


orthogenic

/ ˌɔːθəʊˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. med relating to corrective procedures designed to promote healthy development
  2. of or relating to orthogenesis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌǰٳˈԾ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of orthogenic1

First recorded in 1895–1900; ortho- + -genic
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Example Sentences

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Still, after studying at the Orthogenic School with Bruno Bettelheim, who taught him to “never care what others think,” Mr. Lewis made a fortune on Wall Street.

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Kanner’s backward logic found its greatest champion in Bruno Bettelheim, the extremely influential director of the University of Chicago’s Orthogenic School for disturbed children.

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“I bring this Orthogenic morality to everything on Wall Street, and it’s unsustainable.”

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When Sandy Lewis was 10, his parents shipped him off to Chicago and Bruno Bettelheim’s Orthogenic School, an institution for emotionally disturbed children.

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Unlike Sutton, Pollak, a former editor for the Nation, met Dr. B. The writer's younger brother Stephen spent five years at the Orthogenic School before his accidental death in 1948.

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