Lorenz

American  

[lawr-uhnz, lohr-, loh-rents] / ˈlɔr ənz, ˈloʊr-, ˈloʊ rɛnts /

noun

1. Adolf 1854–1946, Austrian orthopedic surgeon.

2. Konrad (Zacharias) 1903–1989, Austrian ethologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1973.

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Lorenz British  

/ ˈloːrɛnts /

noun

1. Konrad Zacharias (ˈkɔnraːt tsaxaˈriːas) 1903–89, Austrian zoologist, who founded ethology. His works include On Aggression (1966): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973

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Example Sentences

Educational AI, he told journalist Taylor Lorenz, generated “false information” or “illogical questions, illogical texts.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

He stars in Blue Moon - a character study of Lorenz Hart, a formerly successful songwriter struggling with the huge hit his former partner Richard Rogers is having with the musical Oklahoma!

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

"Our data indicate that ferroptosis can be a driving force behind neuronal death -- not just a side effect," says Dr. Svenja Lorenz, one of the first authors.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

“It struck me as one of the most brilliant ideas I’d ever heard, of what it would be like to be Lorenz Hart at that opening night party,” Hawke recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Though Joachim Lorenz looked anything but hopeful as he stared into the flames.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman