| NOUN | cognition | alienism | an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness |
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| attribute | alienism, alienage | the quality of being alien |
| Meaning | An obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness. | |
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| Broader | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Usage of | archaism, archaicism | The use of an archaic expression |
| Meaning | The quality of being alien. | |
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| Synonym | alienage | |
| Broader | foreignness, strangeness, curiousness | The quality of being alien or not native |
| Spanish | alienismo, extranjería | |
| Catalan | alienisme, estrangeria | |
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