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ALIENISM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does alienism mean? 

ALIENISM (noun)
  The noun ALIENISM has 2 senses:

1. an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness
2. the quality of being alien

  Familiarity information: ALIENISM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALIENISM (noun)


Sense 1alienism [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

An obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("alienism" is a kind of...):

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)


Sense 2alienism [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The quality of being alien

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

alienage; alienism

Hypernyms ("alienism" is a kind of...):

curiousness; foreignness; strangeness (the quality of being alien or not native)


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