2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alienism \Al"ien*ism\, n.
1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
The law was very gentle in the construction of the
disability of alienism. --Kent.
2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alienism
n : the quality of being alien [syn: {alienage}]
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