alienism

Noun
  1. An obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness (synset 106066318)
    domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
    is a type of: psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
  2. The quality of being alien (synset 104807038)
    is a type of: curiousness, foreignness, strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native
    same as: alienage

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