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al·ien·ist (

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A physician who has been accepted by a court of law as an expert on the mental competence of principals or witnesses appearing before it.

[French aliéniste, from aliéné, insane, from Latin alintus, past participle of alinre, to deprive of reason; see alienate.]

alienist [ˈeɪljənɪst ˈeɪlɪə-]

1. (Psychiatry) US a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness

2. (Psychiatry) Obsolete a person who practises alienism

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Noun

alienist - a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness

head-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink - a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Translations

alienist [ˈeɪljənɪst] N (US) → alienista mf

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