alienist

英 ['eɪlɪənɪst] 美
  • n. 精神病医生;精神病学家

英英释义


1. a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness

英文词源


alienist (n.)
"one who treats mental illness, 'mad doctor,' " 1864, from French aliéniste, from alienation in the sense of "insanity, loss of mental faculty," a sense attested in English from late 15c. (see alienate).