psychopathology
noun
the science or study of mental disorders.
psychopathological
-
a word derived from
psychopathology.
Example Sentences
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These findings show a possible higher incidence of mental-health issues and composite psychopathological vulnerabilities in this group.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2023
Nostalgia is derived from the Greek words for “homecoming” and “pain,” and before it referred to a yearning for the past, it was a psychopathological disorder, describing a homesickness so severe it could actually kill.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
Perfectionism also causes considerable distress, or as the authors of a 2020 study out of Texas State University put it, "psychopathological burden."
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2021
But it’s worth removing some of these layers of sociological and psychopathological varnish and returning to older, dumber questions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018
The two interpretations do not contradict one another, but rather cover each other and furnish a neat example of the usual ambiguity of dreams as well as of all other psychopathological formations.
From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Sigmund Freud
