psychopathy
[sahy-kop-uh-thee]
- a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- any mental disease.
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Origin of psychopathy
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He intended The Collector to be a commentary on class, not psychopathy.
Psychopathy, more or less, is the clinical term for sociopathy, and the two are often used interchangeably.
One can almost envision a dark party game that involves ranking our favorite historical figures on a scale of psychopathy.
Unlock Your Inner Psychopath: Kevin Dutton’s ‘The Wisdom of Psychopaths’Robert Herritt
October 19, 2012
Historical Examples
Others are founded in obsession that form the ancill of psychopathy.
Idling in ItalyJoseph Collins
Whether he saw anything or not belongs among the obscurer questions of psychopathy.
Where the Pavement EndsJohn Russell
psychopathy
- another name for psychopathic personality
- any mental disorder or disease
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Word Origin and History for psychopathy
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psychopathy
(sī-kŏp′ə-thē)- Mental disorder, especially when manifested by antisocial behavior.
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