alienism
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
alienism (usually uncountable, plural alienisms)
- The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.
- A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
- 1904, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Tenney Frank, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Harold Fredrik Cherniss, Henry Thompson Rowell, American Journal of Philology, page 305:
- The diction of the dialogue is essentially the same as that of the chorus, the slight difference being due to a little greater restriction in the use of alienisms in the former on account of the use of the iambic metre.
- 1972, Inazō Nitobe, The Works of Inazo Nitobe: Editorial jottings, 1930-1933:
- Alienisms in Our Language.
- By the present we shall know the past.
- From the way European languages, notably English, are spreading among our people, we can imagine with what ease and eagerness our forefathers acclimatized the ...
- 1990, Rajmund Ohly, The Zanzibarian Challenge: Swahili Prose in the Years 1975-1981:
- In most cases English words appear in novels either as alienisms, in domesticated forms or as loan-words. Interpolated alienisms usually point to imported objects, for example drinks such as Cocacola, brandy (Kizazi), [...]
- 1904, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Tenney Frank, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Harold Fredrik Cherniss, Henry Thompson Rowell, American Journal of Philology, page 305:
Translations[edit]
fact or position of being an alien
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foreignism — see foreignism
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Etymology 2[edit]
From French aliénisme, from aliéné in the meaning of "insane"
Noun[edit]
alienism (uncountable)
- (archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.
- 2016 Dr. Seward, Penny Dreadful s3e1, 32min
- Since I'm sure you're not familiar with alienism I'll tell you how it works.
- 2016 Dr. Seward, Penny Dreadful s3e1, 32min
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