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psychopathist

psychopathist noun: one who studies mental illness.

Noun

psychopathist (plural psychopathists)

  1. (dated) One who studies mental illness.
    • Of late years the opinion has been gaining ground among the best psychopathists, that, with few exceptions, the embarrassment of the intellect is secondary to, and consequent upon the disorder and perversion of the emotive faculties.1856, The Law Library, volume 92

Forms of psychopathist

pluralpsychopathists

Questions about psychopathist

What does psychopathist mean?
Psychopathist means one who studies mental illness.
What part of speech is psychopathist?
Psychopathist is a noun.
What is the plural of psychopathist?
The plural of psychopathist is psychopathists.

Words near psychopathist in the dictionary

  1. psychopath
  2. psychopathic
  3. psychopathically
  4. psychopathics
  5. psychopathies
  6. psychopathist
  7. psychopathists
  8. psychopathogenic
  9. psychopathographies
  10. psychopathography
  11. psychopathologic

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