psychopathology

[ sahy-koh-puh-thol-uh-jee ]
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noun
  1. the science or study of mental disorders.

  2. the conditions and processes of a mental disorder.

  1. a pathological deviation from normal or efficient behavior; psychosis.

Origin of psychopathology

1
First recorded in 1840–50; psycho- + pathology

Other words from psychopathology

  • psy·cho·path·o·log·i·cal [sahy-koh-path-uh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌsaɪ koʊˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, psy·cho·path·o·log·ic, adjective
  • psy·cho·pa·thol·o·gist, noun

Words Nearby psychopathology

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How to use psychopathology in a sentence

  • In my psychopathology of Everyday Life (first published in 1901), you will find only too many instances for the study of errors.

  • If human society was better acquainted with psychopathology a great deal of conjugal misunderstanding and misery would be avoided.

    The Sexual Question | August Forel
  • To many, they represent a psychopathology or a sociopathology.

    After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
  • That might have been foreseen by any one at all familiar with the psychopathology of reform.

    Nonsenseorship | G. G. Putnam and Others

British Dictionary definitions for psychopathology

psychopathology

/ (ˌsaɪkəʊpəˈθɒlədʒɪ) /


noun
  1. the scientific study of mental disorders

Derived forms of psychopathology

  • psychopathological (ˌsaɪkəʊˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective
  • psychopathologist, noun

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