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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)
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) "One doctor makes work for another." (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) Useful links: What does psychological medicine mean? psychopathology definition What does curiousness mean? strangeness definition What does psychiatry mean?
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