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ALIENIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alienist mean? 

ALIENIST (noun)
  The noun ALIENIST has 1 sense:

1. a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illnessplay

  Familiarity information: ALIENIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALIENIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("alienist" is a kind of...):

head-shrinker; psychiatrist; shrink (a physician who specializes in psychiatry)


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