alienage, alienism
(noun) the quality of being alien
alienism
(noun) an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alienism (usually uncountable, plural alienisms)
The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.
A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
alienism (uncountable)
(archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.
• Emilians, Milesian
Source: Wiktionary
Al"ien*ism, n.
1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.
2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
