Associations to the word «Alienism»

Noun

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Wiktionary

ALIENISM, noun. The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.
ALIENISM, noun. (archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.

Dictionary definition

ALIENISM, noun. An obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness.
ALIENISM, noun. The quality of being alien.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus