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PRONUNCIATION OF ALIENISM

alienism  [ˈeɪljəˌnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALIENISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alienism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALIENISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of alienism in the English dictionary

The definition of alienism in the dictionary is the study and treatment of mental illness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALIENISM


Anglicanism
ˈæŋɡlɪkəˌnɪzəm
antagonism
ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm
creationism
kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm
exhibitionism
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm
expansionism
ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm
expressionism
ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
humanism
ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm
humanitarianism
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
impressionism
ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
isolationism
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
microorganism
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
modernism
ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm
organism
ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
reductionism
rɪˈdʌkʃəˌnɪzəm
Satanism
ˈseɪtəˌnɪzəm
urbanism
ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm
vegetarianism
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
Zionism
ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALIENISM

alidade
alien
alienability
alienable
alienage
alienate
alienated
alienation
alienator
alienee
alienist
alienly
alienness
alienor
alif
aliform
Aligarh
aligarta
alight
alighting gear

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALIENISM

catechumenism
ecumenism
epicenism
eugenism
feminism
Galenism
gombeenism
heathenism
Hellenism
hoydenism
hyphenism
Jansenism
lichenism
monogenism
Panhellenism
phenomenism
philhellenism
phrenism
plenism
polygenism
tokenism

Synonyms and antonyms of alienism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alienism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALIENISM

Find out the translation of alienism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alienism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alienism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侨民
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extranjería
570 millions of speakers

English

alienism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alienism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

alienism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

alienism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alienism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মনোচিকিত্সা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alienism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alienisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alienism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alienism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

alienism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alienism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính cách ngoại quốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alienism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परकीयपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akıl hastalıkları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

condizione di straniero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alienism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

alienism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alienism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

alienism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alienism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alienism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alienism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alienism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALIENISM»

The term «alienism» is normally little used and occupies the 138.833 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALIENISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alienism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alienism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alienism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALIENISM»

Discover the use of alienism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alienism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Internment of Aliens in Twentieth Century Britain
Anti-alienism has usually been seen as a peripheral phenomenon in British society and politics. However, if anti-alienism is understood broadly as a form of discourse as well as a political movement it emerges as a continuous and central  ...
David Cesarani, Tony Kushner, 2013
2
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
It maybe remarked here that attainder had substantially the same effect upon descent as alienism. Indeed, under some circumstances, attainder will impede the descent where alienism would not impede. But I know of no case in which the  ...
New York (State). Court of Appeals, 1850
3
Race, Science and Medicine, 1700-1960
This chapter draws on research conducted for an earlier paper, entitled 'Anti- alienism, health and social reform in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain', published in Patterns of Prejudice 31, 4 (1997): 3–34. I should like to thank Waltraud Ernst ...
Waltraud Ernst, Bernard Harris, 2002
4
Following Charcot: A Forgotten History of Neurology and ...
Basel, Karger, 2011, vol 29, pp 1–8 Birth of Modern Psychiatry and the Death of Alienism: The Legacy of Jean-Martin Charcot Julien Bogousslavskya Thierry Moulinb aCenter for Brain and Nervous System Disorders, and Neurorehabilitation ...
Julien Bogousslavsky, 2011
5
The Last Human Spring
It is compatible with a critical mass-explosion scenario wherein anomalies incrementally increase to a point that excedes living nature's (evolutionary life's) capacity to endure or accommodate them, whereupon alienism emerges as ...
L. S. Heatherly, 2002
6
Points of Passage: Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in ...
Feldman, Englishmen and Jews, 269; Harris, “Anti-Alienism”; Sven Oliver Müller, “Recht und Rasse: Die Ethnisierung von Staatsangehörigkeit und Nationsvorstellungen in Grossbritannien im Ersten Weltkrieg,” Geschichte und Gesellscha 30 ...
Tobias Brinkmann, 2013
7
The Anatomy of Madness: Essays in the History of Psychiatry
261 On the constitution of Victorian alienism, see my earlier essays: 'From Madness to Mental Illness'; and 'Mad-doctors and Magistrates: English Psychiatry's Struggle for Professional Autonomy in the Nineteenth Century', European Journal of ...
William F. Bynum, Roy Porter, Michael Shepherd, 2004
8
Ethics and Mental Health: The Patient, Profession and Community
Alienism. Within a culture, society, or community are normative expectations of belief, language, or conventions that help to define the group. This sense of identity exists within narratives, popular culture, rituals, customs, and language.
Michael Robertson, Garry Walter, 2013
9
Refugees in an Age of Genocide: Global, National, and Local ...
... the Late Nineteenth Century to the First World War 19 The origins of the Jewish refugee movement 19 The growth of anti-alienism in Britain and beyond 22 Refugees and local society 3 1 2 Refugees and the First World War 43 Anti- alienism ...
Antony Robin Jeremy Kushner, Katharine Knox, 1999
10
The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine
ALIENISM. To tAe Editors of the Northern Star. THE customs and manners of nations, as well as their laws and institutions, having arisen from c imale, religion, and other causes, or at least being much affected by them, producing the variety  ...
Arthur Jewitt, 1818

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALIENISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alienism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Our nation's most toxic obsession: The violent history of “Real …
“We must fight alienism and selfish ecclesiasticism…. The parents, the pastors and the church have entered into a conspiracy to darken the ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Ukip is nothing new: the British Brothers' League was exploiting …
Yet, it was the victims of anti-alienism whose voices were truly marginalised. They organised their own public meetings to challenge BBL ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
3
Important study of NZ's WW1 'home front' story
Six chapters examine our sense of being British, anti-alienism, the ''proto-Anzac ethos'', attitudes to shirkers, the mobilisation of womanpower ... «Otago Daily Times, Feb 15»
4
The horrors of the old asylum
Prof Harry Kennedy of the Central Mental Hospital provides a very readable overview of the evolution of forensic alienism in Ireland in the ... «Irish Medical Times, Jan 15»
5
A List of New Generation Words Now Published in eReflect's …
Just as words like alienism and apricity will confuse young people, words like locavore, selfie and upcycle will more likely leave older people ... «PR Web, Jan 14»
6
The British Journal of Psychiatry
But it is still fascinating. 'How the Enlightenment penetrated the gloom of Victorian alienism' is its title and it refers to what Henry calls the 'magic triad'. Nowadays ... «British Journal of Psychiatry, Oct 11»
7
Thomas Drapes, Medical Superintendent of the Enniscorthy – 100 …
In an article 'The personal equation in alienism' in the Journal of Mental Science he wrote (May 1911): 'In classification we have another example of the effects ... «British Journal of Psychiatry, Aug 11»
8
Literary inflation as 'toxic assets' and 'double-dip' enter the dictionary
Disappearing words: 'alienism'. 21 Aug 2011. Retweet and sexting in dictionary. 18 Aug 2011. Hundreds of new words have been added to the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 11»
9
Disappearing words: wittol, drysalter, and alienism
The terms 'drysalter', a dealer in certain chemical products and foods, and 'alienism', the study and treatment of mental illness, have also faded ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 11»
10
Kennedy Center: Graham and Cunningham- Two American Profiles
George Graham practiced a form of therapy then called “alienism,” and he taught his daughter that “movement never lies.” This was a ... «PlaybillArts, Nov 08»

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