personality disorders
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pluralof personality disorder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
personality disordernounany 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