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Bettelheim

American  
[bet-l-hahym] / ˈbɛt lˌhaɪm /

noun

  1. Bruno, 1903–90, U.S. psychologist, educator, and writer, born in Austria.


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Then, Axios’ Senior Health Care Editor Adriel Bettelheim joins to explain what peptides are and how RFK Jr. is trying to throw the doors open for the undertested wellness trend.

From Slate Apr. 25, 2026

Hinton’s story has the same dark enchantment that the writer Bruno Bettelheim identified in fairy tales.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2023

In Los Angeles, our star antagonist takes a new name, Will Bettelheim, and claims to be striving to become a better man.

From Salon Dec. 26, 2019

Child psychologists like Bruno Bettelheim have argued that the very point of such stories is that they are dark and frightening, because by reading them children learn to cope with their fears.

From The Guardian Aug. 23, 2018

We had with us among our intelligence officers a Captain Bettelheim, born in Constantinople of Belgian parentage.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Kermit Roosevelt

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