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Webster 1913 Edition


Alienism

Al′ien-ism

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Noun.
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 1828 Edition


Alienism

ALIENISM

,
Noun.
Alyenizm. The state of being an alien.
The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism.