- alienist
- noun Etymology: French aliéniste, from aliéné insane, from Latin alienatus, past participle of alienare to estrange, from alienus Date: 1864 psychiatrist
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alienist — ALIENÍST, Ă, alienişti, ste, s.m. şi f. Medic specialist în boli mintale. [pr.: li e ] – Din fr. aliéniste. Trimis de ana zecheru, 03.01.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 alieníst s. m. (sil. li e ), pl. alieníşti Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa … Dicționar Român
Alienist — Al ien*ist, n. [F. ali[ e]niste.] One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alienist — alien·ist / ā lē ə nist, āl yə / n: a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of psychiatry (as determining sanity or capacity to stand trial) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
alienist — (n.) one who treats mental illness, mad doctor, 1864, from Fr. aliéniste, from alienation in the sense of insanity, loss of mental faculty, a sense attested in English from late 15c. (see ALIENATE (Cf. alienate)) … Etymology dictionary
alienist — psychiatrist, psychopathologist, *neurologist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst … New Dictionary of Synonyms
alienist — [āl′yənist, āl′ē ənist] n. [Fr aliéniste < L alienatio: see ALIENATION] former term for PSYCHIATRIST, esp. one who testifies in a court of law … English World dictionary
Alienist — The term alienist was heading for obsolescence until it was returned to a position of some prominence by the 1994 book The Alienist by the historian/novelist Caleb Carr. The story of The Alienist starts In New York City in March 1896 when… … Medical dictionary
alienist — See alien, alienist, alienate … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
alienist — /ayl yeuh nist, ay lee euh /, n. 1. (formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness. 2. an expert witness in a sanity trial. [1860 65; ALIEN(ATION) + IST; cf. F aliéniste in same sense] * * * … Universalium
alienist — noun /ˈeɪlɪənɪst/ An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications. See Also: alienism … Wiktionary
