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personality disorders

  • plural
    of personality disorder.
    personality disorder
    noun
    any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration.

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The implication that aberrant personality disorders might not be the exclusive purview of humans.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

There are many types of personality disorders, and they may overlap.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 2026

But bipolar and borderline personality disorders are also linked to increased propensity for violence, and clinicians see the relationship between disorders, behaviors, and other factors as complex.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2025

What happens with dementia and many other personality disorders is that they negatively impact a person's judgment and impulse control.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2024

I do believe in mass pathology: mass hysteria, mass personality disorders, mass psychoses.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

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