psychopathistn.
/sʌɪˈkɒpəθɪst/, U.S. /ˌsaɪˈkɑpəθəst/ Now historical.
= psychiatrist n.
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1853 Asylum Jrnl. No. 1. 15/1 A course of lectures..contain many observations and opinions, deeply interesting to the psychopathist.
1894 tr. E. Swedenborg Spiritual Columbus ix. 147 The Psychopathist and physician are furnished with materials for the treatment of social corruption in all its phases.
1923 H. Hutchinson Fate of Osmund Brett xii. 173 Only a few miles away from Pangley..Dr. Ellis, the famous psychopathist had his residence... Dr. Ellis was different from most even of mental specialists, as I was told, by the liberal use he made of hypnotism.
1956 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 22 131 The patience and restraint of the psychopathist rather than the irritating or stimulating influences of strong opposition.
1994 J. Ellard Anat. Mirages 180 Psychiatrists, under that name, or as alienists, mental philosophers, psychopathists or what you will.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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