ALIENISM

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


Etymology 1

Noun

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).

Etymology 2

Noun

alienism (uncountable)

(archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.

Anagrams

• 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



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