alienist
/ˈeɪ.lɪ.ən.ɪst/
alienist noun: an expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
Noun
alienist (plural alienists)
- An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
- ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201
- A trial for poisoning means an exhaustive study not only of analytic chemistry, but of practical medicine on the part of all the lawyers in the case, while a plea of insanity requires that, for the time being, the district attorney shall become an alienist, familiar with every aspect of paranoia...1912, Arthur Cheney Train, “Preparing a Criminal Case for Trial”, in Courts and Criminals
- A psychiatrist.
alienist meaning in Tamil and Urdu
alienist in Tamil
- உளநோய் மருத்துவர், மனப்பிணி மருத்துவர், மனப்பிணி ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்
alienist in Urdu
- ماہِر امراضِ دِماغی
Forms of alienist
| plural | alienists |
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Origin of alienist
Borrowed from French aliéniste, from aliéné (“insane”).
Questions about alienist
- What does alienist mean?
- Alienist means an expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
- What is alienist in Tamil?
- Alienist in Tamil is உளநோய் மருத்துவர், மனப்பிணி மருத்துவர், மனப்பிணி ஆராய்ச்சியாளர். See Alienist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is alienist?
- Alienist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alienist?
- Alienist is pronounced /ˈeɪ.lɪ.ən.ɪst/.
- What is the plural of alienist?
- The plural of alienist is alienists.
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