alienism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of alienism
Example Sentences
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With a frozen sense of her alienism, Lilly sat, as it were, outside the situation, proffering herself almost with a sense of intrusion.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
In spite of her friendly sympathy, he never felt so keenly his alienism as in her presence.
From Tales from Two Hemispheres by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
The alienism is then purely political, and works no hardship but what Suffragists conceive to be in the mental attitude of the worker.
From Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates by Johnson, Helen Kendrick
But I know that slowly and unconsciously the atmosphere of the settlement thawed out the asperity of alienism.
From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis
The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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