alienism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness
  2. noun the quality of being alien
    alienage.

WordNet


Al"ien*ism noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913