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psychopathic disorder

noun

law (in England, according to the Mental Health Act 1983) a persistent disorder or disability of mind which results in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the person concernedSee also mental disorder

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Nearby words

  1. psychoneuroimmunology,
  2. psychoneurosis,
  3. psychoneurotic,
  4. psychopath,
  5. psychopathic,
  6. psychopathic personality,
  7. psychopathology,
  8. psychopathy,
  9. psychopharmaceutical,
  10. psychopharmacology
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