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psychopathy
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psychopathy
n.
mental illness, psychological disorder, any disease that impairs normal mental functioning
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Psychopathy
Psychopathy , also known as—though sometimes distinguished from—sociopathy is traditionally defined as a personality disorder characterized by enduring antisocial behavior, diminished empathy and remorse, and disinhibited or bold behavior. It may also be defined as a continuous aspect of personality, representing scores on different personality dimensions found throughout the population in varying combinations. The definition of psychopathy has varied significantly throughout the history of the concept; different definitions continue to be used that are only partly overlapping and sometimes appear contradictory.
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psychopathy
Noun
1. any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
(synonym) mental illness, mental disease
(hypernym) psychological state, mental state
(hyponym) megalomania
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Psychopathy
(n.)
Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2.
Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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psychopathy
Synonyms and related words:
aberration, abulia, alienation, arteriosclerotic psychosis, certifiability, character disorder, dementia paralytica, derangement, dipsomania, distraction, drug addiction, folie du doute, functional psychosis, general paralysis, general paresis, insaneness, lunacy, madness, metabolic psychosis, moral insanity, neurosis, organic psychosis, paralytic dementia, pathological drunkenness, personality disorder, presenile dementia, prison psychosis, psychopathia, psychopathia sexualis, psychopathic condition, psychopathic personality, psychosis, senile dementia, senile psychosis, senility, sexual pathology, sexual psychopathy, situational psychosis, sociopathy, syphilitic paresis, toxic psychosis, unbalance
aberration, abulia, alienation, arteriosclerotic psychosis, certifiability, character disorder, dementia paralytica, derangement, dipsomania, distraction, drug addiction, folie du doute, functional psychosis, general paralysis, general paresis, insaneness, lunacy, madness, metabolic psychosis, moral insanity, neurosis, organic psychosis, paralytic dementia, pathological drunkenness, personality disorder, presenile dementia, prison psychosis, psychopathia, psychopathia sexualis, psychopathic condition, psychopathic personality, psychosis, senile dementia, senile psychosis, senility, sexual pathology, sexual psychopathy, situational psychosis, sociopathy, syphilitic paresis, toxic psychosis, unbalance
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