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orthogenic
[awr-thuh-jen-ik]
adjective
Psychology.of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for intellectually disabled or emotionally disturbed children.
an orthogenic school.
Biology.orthogenetic.
orthogenic
/ ˌɔːθəʊˈɛɪ /
adjective
med relating to corrective procedures designed to promote healthy development
of or relating to orthogenesis
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˌǰٳˈԾ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of orthogenic1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
“I bring this Orthogenic morality to everything on Wall Street, and it’s unsustainable.”
When Sandy Lewis was 10, his parents shipped him off to Chicago and Bruno Bettelheim’s Orthogenic School, an institution for emotionally disturbed children.
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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