alienism
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al·ien·ism
(āl′yə-nĭz′əm, ā′lē-ə-)n.
See alienage.
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alienism
(ˈeɪljəˌnɪzəm; ˈeɪlɪə-)n
(Medicine) obsolete the study and treatment of mental illness
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al•ien•age
(ˈeɪl yə nɪdʒ, ˈeɪ li ə-)also alienism
n.
1. the state of being an alien.
2. the legal status of an alien.
[1800–10]
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alienism
the study or treatment of mental diseases, especially in their relation to legal problems. — alienist, n.
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| Noun | 1. | alienism - an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression |
| 2. |  alienism - the quality of being alien foreignness, curiousness, strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" |
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