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orgone

British  
/ ˈɔːɡəʊn /

noun

  1. a substance postulated by Wilhelm Reich, who thought it was present everywhere and needed to be incorporated in people for sexual activity and mental health

"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

Etymology

Origin of orgone

C20: from org ( asm ) + ( horm ) one

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The Food and Drug Administration questioned his claims about the orgone accumulator and believed that the device was a cover for more illicit activities.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2021

As for me, though, I’m off to America’s heartland to make my fortune selling orgone boxes.

From Slate May 24, 2021

It had a menu of his offerings, which included exclusive workshops, consulting services and a full line of high-end orgone generators, tower busters and power wands.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2020

Robert Mann once explained in an interview that, zealously fired up after founding the Juilliard String Quartet in 1946, he went so far as to obtain an orgone accumulator.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2018

He also retrospectively added his theory of the "orgone".

From The Guardian May 1, 2013

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