11 November 2018
alienist
[eyl-yuh-nist, ey-lee-uh-]
noun
1. (formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
2. an expert witness in a sanity trial.
Origin of alienist
French
1860-1865; alien(ation) + -ist; compare French aliéniste in same sense
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Examples from the Web for alienist
Historical Examples
Why might not Allonby have deceived him as to the alienist ‘s diagnosis?
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10)
Edith Wharton
The English poet’s plays are a perfect storehouse of examples for the alienist.
Iconoclasts
James Huneker
To the alienist and the criminal anthropologist it is a social pathology.
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, October 1899
Various
No doctor, no alienist, would have pronounced him mad, of course.
The Brightener
C. N. Williamson
I feel that she is likely to get an alienist in at any time.
Outside Inn
Ethel M. Kelley
But there was my friend Dr. Alten, alienist, who lived within a mile of here.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931
Various
And yet this is just what the jurist constantly demands of the alienist.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
Bernard Glueck
They are the people of what the alienist calls the “idée fixe.”
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
Gaius Glenn Atkins
Ezra Melville and Forest, the alienist from Seattle, were already in session.
The Sky Line of Spruce
Edison Marshall
McNamara focused an intent gaze first on Ben, then on the alienist.
The Sky Line of Spruce
Edison Marshall
Today’s quote
Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.
– Juvenal
On this day
11 November 1880 – execution by hanging, of Ned Kelly, Australian bush-ranger.
11 November 1918 – End of World War I. Commemorated as ‘Remembrance Day’ in British Commonwealth countries and ‘Armistice Day’ in other nations, recognising the armistice signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. In 1954, the United States, changed Armistice Day to ‘Veterans Day’ and made it a public holiday to recognise those who have served in the armed forces, not just those who served in World War I.
11 November 1954 – Pensioners’ Revolt, United Kingdom. Thousands of pensioners march in a rally in London calling for an increase of their pensions by 17s 6d, which would take a single person’s pension to £2 10s per week.
11 November 1975 – Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (Labor Party) sacked by the Governor-General and replaced by Malcolm Fraser (Liberal Party).
11 November 2004 – death of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader in Paris after falling into a coma. The cause of his death is disputed, with some believing he was poisoned by Israel, others believing it was from cirrhosis. Born 4 August 1929.