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ALIENISM

• 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.

• ALIENISM (noun)

Sense 1

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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 2

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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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(English proverb)
"Intelligence is in the head, not in the age."
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"Never give advice in a crowd."
(Arabic proverb)
"A good dog gets a good bone."
(Corsican proverb)

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