To alienate
Definition
An archaic medical and legal term meaning to alienate, transfer ownership of property, or, in a psychopathological sense, to cause the loss of mental faculties or sever a person's connection with reality. In 19th-century classical psychiatry, it was used to describe the process by which a patient lost sanity or became mentally alienated.
Bilingual Equivalents
- To alienate
- To cause mental derangement
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Regular transitive verb, takes standard English verbal suffixes when modern translations apply. |
| Formation | From Latin 'abalienare' (to estrange / remove from regular state). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [æb-ey-lee-uh-neyt] |
| Source | History of Alienism Journal -> Cognitive Dissociation and Early Terminologies |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Trauma severă și izolarea prelungită pot abaliena individul de la comportamentele sale sociale normale.
EN: Severe trauma and prolonged isolation can alienate the individual from their normal social behaviors.
RO: Tratatele vechi susțineau că febra tifoidă netratată poate abaliena complet mintea bolnavului.
EN: Ancient treatises claimed that untreated typhoid fever could completely derange the patient's mind.
Idioms & Phrases
A abaliena rațiunea / To alienate reason
RO: Expresie medicală veche ce descrie pierderea treptată a gîndirii logice sub influența unei boli psihotice.
EN: An old medical expression describing the gradual loss of logical thinking under the influence of a psychotic illness.
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