Meaning of Alienist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
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2. A psychiatrist.
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Examples

“‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.”

“A trial for poisoning means an exhaustive study⟳ not only of analytic chemistry, but of practical medicine on the part of all the lawyers in the case, while a plea of insanity requires that, for the time being, the district attorney shall become⟳ an alienist, familiar with every aspect of paranoia, dementia praecox, and all other forms of mania.”

“"Speaking as a medical man," said I, "it appears to be a case for an alienist. The old gentleman's cerebral processes were disturbed by the love⟳ affair.[…]"”

“There was probably not an alienist in the land⟳ who, having listened so far, would not have⟳ sprung at George and held him down with one hand while with the other he signed the necessary certificate of lunacy. But Molly Waddington saw⟳ deeper into the matter⟳.”

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