Definition of Alienist

1. Noun. A psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness.

Generic synonyms: Head-shrinker, Psychiatrist, Shrink

Definition of Alienist

1. n. One who treats diseases of the mind.

Definition of Alienist

1. Noun. An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A psychiatrist or psychologist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alienist

1. a physician who treats mental disorders [n -S]

Medical Definition of Alienist

1. One who treats diseases of the mind. Origin: F. Alieniste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alienist

alienation of affection
alienations
alienator
alienators
aliened
alienee
alienees
aliener
alieners
alienesque
alieniloquy
aliening
alienism
alienisms
alienist (current term)
alienists
alienlike
alienly
alienness
aliennesses
alienor
alienors
aliens
aliethmoidal
aliettite
alif
alife
aliferous
aliform

Literary usage of Alienist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Psychiatric Association (1899)
"SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE alienist. By FREDERICK PETERSON, MD, New York, President of the New York Neurological Society; President of the Board of ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1891)
""CAN THE GYNAECOLOGIST AID THE alienist IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE INSANE ? " Such is the title of a paper read before the Obstetric Section of the American ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"alienist and Neurologist. American Chemical Journal. American Druggist. American Journal of Insanity. American Journal of Obstetrics. ..."

4. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"He founded and became editor of the alienist and Neurologist in 1880. He was professor of mental and nervous diseases and electro-therapy at the St. Louis ..."

5. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... alienist (él'ycn-ist). A physician who treats cases of mental alienation. See PSYCHIATER. Aliform (ol'i-form). [L. a'la wing+for'ma form.] Wing-shaped. ..."

6. The Kingdom of Evils: Psychiatric Social Work Presented in One Hundred Case by Elmer Ernest) Southard, Mary Cromwell Jarrett (1922)
"As alienist I consider this person insane. As psychiatrist I consider this patient subject to general paresis." EXAMPLE 2.—"As alienist I consider this ..."

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