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xenopsychiatry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /zi.no.saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/

Etymology

From xeno- + psychiatry.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The study of alien mental and behavioral health (psychiatry).
    • Xenopsychiatry. Yvette Heloise Renaud. Xenopsychology. Harold Nelson Bennett. Xenosociology. 1982, D. Alexander Smith, Marathon:
    • […] between that of parole adviser for Hawk, and Chief of Xenopsychiatry. There were others equally qualified for the xeno position, but I fear I rather pulled strings and emphasized the illegal and unethical treatment Hawk received […] 2013, Kate Elliot, The Price of Ransom:
    • Specializations in xenopsychology and xenopsychiatry, and long-term experience as CMO of the Enterprise — thus an acquaintance with what amounted to a gestalt life form, for that defined the multi-racial, multi-species environment aboard the […] 2000, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, The Romulan Way: Rihannsu #2: