personality disorder (pûr s -n l  -t ) Any of a group of psychiatric disorders in which a person's abnormal self-perception or ability to relate to others results in undesirable behaviors and interferes with normal social and emotional functioning. |
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| Noun | 1. | personality disorder - inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disturbance - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness maladjustment - the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability antisocial personality disorder, psychopathic personality, sociopathic personality - a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term) schizoid, schizotypal personality - characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia |
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