psychiatristnoun [ C ]
uk/saɪˈkaɪə.trɪst//sɪˈkaɪə.trɪst/us/saɪˈkaɪə.trɪst//sɪˈkaɪə.trɪst/C2 a doctor who is also trained in psychiatry
Examples
- A psychiatrist was examined on the mental state of the defendant.
- The psychiatrist was found guilty of gross professional misconduct.
- A psychiatrist was called as an expert witness for the defence.
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- commit
- committal
- Freudian
- gestalt
- id
- inkblot test
- Jungian
- Oedipal
- psych
- psycho
- psychoanalyse
- psychological
- repression
- shock therapy
- shrink
- subliminal
- superego
- trance
- transference
- word association
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