alienism

Other forms: alienisms

Definitions of alienism
  1. noun
    the quality of being alien
    synonyms: alienage
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    type of:
    curiousness, foreignness, strangeness
    the quality of being alien or not native
  2. noun
    an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness
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    type of:
    psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology
    the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
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