psychopathy (redirected from Psychopathy or sociopathy)

psy·chop·a·thy  (s-kp-th)

n.

Mental disorder, especially when manifested by antisocial behavior.

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psychopathy [saɪˈkɒpəθɪ]

n Psychiatry

1. (Psychiatry) another name for psychopathic personality

2. (Psychiatry) any mental disorder or disease

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psychopathy

a disorder of the mind. — psychopathic, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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a mental disorder. — psychopath, n. — psychopathic, adj.

See also: Psychology

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

psychopathy - any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention mental disease, mental illness mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" megalomania - a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

Translations

psychopathy

n (= Med) → Psychopathie f, → Geisteskrankheit f → /-störung f