psychopathy

psy·chop·a·thy

 (sī-kŏp′ə-thē)

n.

1. A personality disorder characterized by deceitfulness, manipulation, grandiosity, lack of empathy or guilt, and often aggressive or violent behavior. It is sometimes considered a subset of antisocial personality disorder.

2. Mental illness. No longer in clinical use.

psychopathy

(saɪˈkɒpəθɪ)

n

1. (Psychiatry) another name for psychopathic personality

2. (Psychiatry) any mental disorder or disease

psy•chop•a•thy

(saɪˈkɒp ə θi)

n., pl. -thies.

1. a character or personality disorder distinguished by chronic amoral or antisocial behavior without feelings of remorse.

2. any mental disease.

[1840–50]

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

psychopathy

noun

Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely:

brainsickness, craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, unbalance.

Psychiatry: mania.

Psychology: aberration, alienation.

Translations

psychopathy

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