Is Orphanage a Bad Word?

Smaller institutions that care for children without functional parents are called "group homes". We still may use the term "orphanage" to describe larger places housing abandoned or parentless children in other countries. It isn't politically incorrect or pejorative in American English.

Is it okay to say orphan?

When we use the word orphan, what we mean is “without a family in the world.” But this is, by definition, and statistical fact, a falsehood. ... Adoptive parents report on the appearance of first families who write to them, looking for their child. Newborns and infants disappear without a trace.

What can I say instead of orphanage?

In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for orphanage, like: foundling home, shelter, children-s-home, orphanhood, institution, orphans' home, asylum for orphaned children, orphans' asylum, school, halfway house and orphange.