alienist
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yə noun
1.
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
2.
an expert witness in a sanity trial.
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alienist (ˈeɪljənɪst, ˈeɪlɪə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| 1. | (US) a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness |
| 2. | obsolete a person who practises alienism |
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Alienist
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Word Origin & History
alienist
"one who treats mental illness, 'mad doctor,' " 1864, from Fr. aliéniste, from alienation in the sense of "insanity, loss of mental faculty," a sense attested in Eng. from late 15c. (see alienate).
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Medical Dictionary
alienist al·ien·ist (āl'yə-nĭst, ā'lē-ə-)
n.
A physician accepted by a court of law as an expert on the mental competence of principals or witnesses.
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Example sentences
He even boasted of having been diagnosed by an alienist as a cured hydrocephalic.
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