antisocial personality disorder

American  

noun

antisocial personality disorders plural

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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Noun Inflected Forms

• antisocial personality disorders
  plural

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antisocial personality disorder

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

He diagnosed Cruz with antisocial personality disorder, saying the 24-year-old former Stoneman Douglas student can control his behavior but chooses not to because he has no regard for others.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

Arslan has been diagnosed with "a paranoid, unstable and antisocial personality disorder".

From BBC ● May 3, 2022

Pretty close to a textbook case of antisocial personality disorder.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2020