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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

He’s been Will Bettelheim, a worker at a trendy Los Angeles health food market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

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

According to Dr. A. S. Bettelheim, rabbi, this is found in the Hebrew fathers.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

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