antisocial personality disorder

American  

noun

plural

antisocial personality disorders

1. Psychiatry. a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of antisocial behavior, including aggression and the violation of the rights of others, typically beginning in childhood or early adolescence and continuing into adulthood.

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antisocial personality disorder Scientific  

/ ăn′tē-sō′shəl,ăn′tī- /

1. See under personality disorder

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Example Sentences

A simpler way of putting it is that Pelicot has an antisocial personality disorder - a term preferred by psychiatrists these days to words such as psychopath or sociopath.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

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

Published by Simon & Schuster, the new memoir traces the life of a girl who grew into a woman trying to understand her sociopathy, which today is often labeled as antisocial personality disorder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 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