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单词 alienist
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alienist

enUK

al·ien·ist

A0200200 (āl′yə-nĭst, ā′lē-ə-)n. A physician who evaluates the competence of defendants to stand trial.
[Obsolete French aliéniste, psychiatrist : obsolete French aliéné, mentally ill (from past participle of aliéner, to estrange, make hostile, deprive of reason, from Old French, from Latin aliēnāre, to deprive of reason; see alienate) + French -iste, -ist (from Old French; see -ist).]

alienist

(ˈeɪljənɪst; ˈeɪlɪə-) n1. (Psychiatry) US a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness2. (Psychiatry) obsolete a person who practises alienism

al•ien•ist

(ˌeɪl yə nɪst, ˌeɪ li ə-)

n. 1. (formerly) a physician specializing in the treatment of mental illness; psychiatrist. 2. an expert witness in a sanity trial. [1860–65; alien (ation) + -ist; compare French aliéniste]
Thesaurus
Noun1.alienist - a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illnessalienist - a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illnesshead-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink - a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Translations
aliénistealienista

alienist

enUK

alienist

An obsolete term for a
(1) Psychiatrist;
(2) Forensic psychiatrist.

alienist

enUK
  • noun

Words related to alienist

noun a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness

Related Words

  • head-shrinker
  • psychiatrist
  • shrink
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