Psychiatrist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Psychiatrist is a noun meaning A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
Meaning
A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
Example Sentences
Even medical schools seem to have submitted to psychophobia by training psychiatrists almost exclusively as psychopharmacologists instead of as psychotherapists.
Says Colonel Thomas Murray, chief Army psychiatrist in South Viet Nam: “Some of our psychiatrists are the most improbable military guys: soft, flabby, unexercised.”
Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.
Word Forms
- psychiatrists
Synonyms for psychiatrist
Depending on context, synonyms include psychiater, shrink, head-shrinker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include head-shrinker, shrink, doctor, therapist, psych, psychologist.
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