orgone

British

/ ˈɔːɡəʊn /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of orgone

C20: from _org ( _asm ) + ( _horm ) _one

Example Sentences

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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

“My epitaph,” Mann joked to me, “will be that I was the first person to put a string quartet in an orgone box.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2018

Now I’m just going to have to sit quietly in my orgone accumulator, pulling my earlobes, and reading a back issue of Mojo.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2014

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

From The Guardian • May 1, 2013

All that was needed was an orgone box.”

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013

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