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Word: Alienism
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century. From either alien or alien + -ism
Definition:
The fact of being a foreigner; alien status or character; otherness.
Definition:
The study of mental disorders and their treatment; the branch of medicine dealing with this; = "psychiatry".
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