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antisocial personality

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noun

  1. a personality disorder, beginning early in life, characterized by chronic and continuous antisocial behavior in which the rights of others are violated, as by lying, stealing, or aggressive sexual behavior.

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She performs humble Christian motherhood with aplomb, her antisocial personality tucked away as deftly as the farmhouse kitchen’s off-camera dishwasher.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

When someone talks about a psychopath or a sociopath, the chances are that they really want to describe someone with antisocial personality disorder.

From Salon • May 20, 2024

It often occurs along with other conditions, such as depression, bipolar disorder, borderline personality or antisocial personality disorder.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

In rebuttal, Satz and his team contended that Cruz did not suffer from fetal alcohol damage but has antisocial personality disorder — in lay terms, he’s a sociopath.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Maybe a quarter of all inmates had antisocial personality, the psychologist at the Academy had said, and I was ready to believe it.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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