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alienist
/ˈeɪ.lɪ.ən.ɪst/
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What does alienist mean?
noun
- (dated) An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
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noun
- (dated) A psychiatrist.
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/ˈeɪ.lɪ.ən.ɪst/
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He has gone off on a pleasure trip to that psychopathic institution whose head alienist visited us a month or so ago.
When in Omaha her mental peculiarities were recognized and she was studied by a competent alienist who, however, was not willing to render a verdict of non compos mentis to the police.
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WE record with regret the death at the age of ninety-two of Henri Fabre, the distinguished French entomologist and author; of William Henry Hoar Hudson, late professor of mathematics at King's College, London; of Dr. Ugo Schiff, professor of chemistry at Florence; of Susanna Phelps Gage, known for her work on comparative anatomy; of Charles Frederick Holder, the California naturalist, and of Dr. Austin Flint, a distinguished physician and alienist of New York City.