Psychologist vs Alienist - What's the difference?
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An expert in the field of psychology.
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(obsolete) An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
* 1923 , Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Creeping Man’, Norton (2005), page 1644
* 1927 , , Arrow, 2008, page 72
(obsolete) A psychiatrist or psychologist.
Alienist is a related term of psychologist.
As nouns the difference between psychologist and alienist
is that psychologist is an expert in the field of psychology while alienist is an expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.psychologist
English
(wikipedia psychologist)Noun
(en noun)- Investigating why IBM salespeople were so successful, researchers found that IBM set easy targets for their salespeople rather than targets that were difficult to reach and so most of their salespeople achieved their targets. IBM had hired psychologists to define optimum motivational goals for their salespeople and it was discovered that if the targets were achievable the salespeople became very confident and motivated (unlike their demotivated cousins in rival companies) and went out and sold even more computers.
Derived terms
* clinical psychologist * forensic psychologist * industrial psychologist * armchair psychologistReferences
Anagrams
*alienist
English
Noun
(en noun)- “Speaking as a medical man,” said I, “it appears to be a case for an alienist . The old gentleman's cerebral processes were disturbed by the love affair.”
- There was probably not an alienist in the land who, having listened so far, would not have sprung at George and held him down with one hand while with the other he signed the necessary certificate of lunacy. But Molly Waddington saw deeper into the matter.