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Alienism Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Alienism has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness

2

the quality of being alien

3

The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.

4

The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
psychiatry foreignness
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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