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Definition: Psychiatrist |
PsychiatristNoun1. A physician who specializes in psychiatry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "psychiatrist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Career grade in mental hospitals only and responsible to a consultant for day-to-day care of patients. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Diagnoses and treats patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders: Organizes data concerning patient's family, medical history, and onset of symptoms obtained from patient, relatives, and other sources, such as NURSE, GENERAL DUTY (medical ser.) 075.364-010 and SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHIATRIC (profess. & kin.) 195.107-034. Examines patient to determine general physical condition, following standard medical procedures. Orders laboratory and other special diagnostic tests and evaluates data obtained. Determines nature and extent of mental disorder, and formulates treatment program. Treats or directs treatment of patient, utilizing variety of psychotherapeutic methods and medications. (references) |
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Synonyms: PsychiatristSynonyms: head-shrinker (n), shrink (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Psychiatrist |
| English words defined with "psychiatrist": alienist ♦ Charles Frederick Menninger, Charles Menninger ♦ Harry Stack Sullivan ♦ Jaspers ♦ Karl Augustus Menninger, Karl Jaspers, Karl Menninger, Karl Theodor Jaspers ♦ Menninger ♦ Sullivan ♦ William Claire Menninger, William Menninger. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "psychiatrist": Child Guidance Clinic ♦ psychologist, clinica ♦ social worker, clinical, social worker, mental, SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHIATRIC. (references) |
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Screenplays | We think you should see a psychiatrist. (Pump Up the Volume; writing credit: Allan Moyle) Well you don't need the police, pal, you need a psychiatrist! (Killer Klowns from Outer Space; writing credit: Charles Chiodo; Edward Chiodo) My psychiatrist. (Phone Booth; writing credit: Larry Cohen) I haven't washed my hands since I became a psychiatrist. (M*A*S*H; writing credit: Larry Gelbart) Don't start me or I'll have to call my psychiatrist. (Ruby; writing credit: Matt Besser; Method Man) | |
Clever | A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the sky. Psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a psychiatrist collects the rent. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Psychiatrist (1971) Psychiatrist Paul Bernard (1971) Barbara's Psychiatrist (1971) Loves of a Psychiatrist (1968) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Psychiatrist Charles Bragg. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | The Psychiatrist / William Sharp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | He ought to see a good psychiatrist!. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Karl Menninger | It is doubtless true that religion has been the world's psychiatrist throughout the centuries. |
Muriel Spark | One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | But in 1897, the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud disagreed. (references) | |
Consult a psychologist, nurse therapist, clinical social worker, or psychiatrist. (references) | ||
A psychiatrist and/or psychologist, voice scientist, and neuroradiologist should be available. (references) | ||
Children | Kiribati | There is a foreign national psychiatrist working in Tarawa. (references) |
Thailand | The new procedures allow children to testify on videotape and in private surroundings in the presence of a psychologist, psychiatrist, or other social worker. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Turkey | Dr. Alp Ayan, a psychiatrist with the HRF Izmir Treatment and Rehabilitation Center; Gunseli Kaya, who also works at the Center; and 66 others face charges of "holding an unauthorized demonstration" for participating in the funeral procession in October 1999 of one of the prisoners killed in the September 1999 Ulucanlar incident. (references) |
Human Rights | Kuwait | A team of three specialists attends the prisons weekly, and a psychiatrist is on call 24 hours; specialized health care is available from local hospitals. (references) |
Jamaica | The Corrections Department contracted a psychiatric social worker to assist the prison psychiatrist. (references) | |
Jamaica | The sole prison service psychiatrist said that reports he had filed declaring numerous prisoners fit never were acted upon. (references) | |
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| "Psychiatrist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.48% of the time. "Psychiatrist" is used about 386 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.48% | 384 | 14,347 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 386 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "psychiatrist": lawyer-psychiatrist. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "psychiatrist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | psigiater. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | psikiatër (alienist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طبيب نفساني (alienist), طبيب الأمراض العقلية (alienist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | психиатър (alienist, shrink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 精神病医". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | psychiatr (Freud, headshrinker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | psykiater (neurologist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psychiater. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | psikiatro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | روانپزشک . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | psykiatri, mielitautien erikoislääkäri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | psychiatre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Psychiater. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φρενολόγοσ (alienist), ψυχίατροσ (alienist, psychotherapist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פסיכיאטור (alienist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pszichiáter (psychiater, shrink), pszichológus (psychologist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | síciatraí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | psichiatra (alienist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 精神医学者 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいし"いがくしゃ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 병 의사. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fer lhee aigney (alienist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ychiatristpsay psiquiatra. (various references) psihiatru (analyst, psychiater), specialist în psihiatrie. (various references) психиатр (alienator, alienist, mental specialist). (various references) psihijatar (alienist, shrink). (various references) psiquiatra (alienist, shrink). (various references) psykiater (alienist). (various references) psikiyatrist (alienist, headshrinker, shrink), akıl hastalıkları uzmanı (alienist). (various references) психіатр (alienist). (various references) thầy thuốc bệnh tâm thần. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "psychiatrist": psychiatrists. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "psychiatrist": neuropsychiatrist, nonpsychiatrist, orthopsychiatrist. (additional references) | |
Words containing "psychiatrist": neuropsychiatrists, nonpsychiatrists, orthopsychiatrists. (additional references) | |
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"Psychiatrist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phychiatrist, pshychiatrist, psychaiatrist, psychiarist, psychiatra, psychiatris, psychyatrist, psyciatrist, pyschiatrist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "psychiatrist" (pronounced sukī"utrust) |
| 5 | -t r u s t | buttressed, interest, noninterest. |
| 4 | -r u s t | aquarist, barest, dearest, deforest, direst, embarrassed, fairest, florist, forest, guitarist, merest, nearest, poorest, purest, rainforest, rarest, reforest, severest, surest, terraced, tourist. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, deepest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainiest, rapist, receptionist, reddest, refocused, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-i-p-r-s-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: physiatrist. | |
-2 letters: patristics, spasticity. | |
-3 letters: chartists, parchisis, patristic, physicist, triptycas, triptychs, tristichs. | |
-4 letters: airships, artistic, astricts, chartist, chastity, cystitis, harpists, pachisis, parchisi, rachitis, sacristy, satirist, sitarist, sparsity, starship, styptics, tachists, tipcarts, triptyca, triptych, tristich. | |
-5 letters: airship, artists, astrict, athirst, cattish, charity, christy, harpist, pachisi, physics, piratic, piscary, pyritic, racists, rapists, raspish, rattish, sacrist, satiric, satyric. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-i-p-r-s-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: psychiatrists. | |
+2 letters: astrophysicist. | |
+3 letters: astrophysicists, nonpsychiatrist. | |
+4 letters: nonpsychiatrists. | |
+5 letters: neuropsychiatrist, orthopsychiatries, orthopsychiatrist. | |
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