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APD

APD is the initialism of antisocial personality disorder.

APD is the initialism of auditory processing disorder.

APD is the initialism of aminohydroxypropylidene diphosphonate.

APD is the initialism of air passenger duty.

Meaning of antisocial personality disorder

Noun

antisocial personality disorder (usually uncountable, plural antisocial personality disorders)

  1. (usually) A personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior, a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
    Synonyms:
    APD, ASPD

Meaning of auditory processing disorder

Noun

auditory processing disorder (countable and uncountable, plural auditory processing disorders)

  1. A neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the way the brain processes sounds.
    Synonyms:
    APD

Forms of APD

pluralAPDs

Questions about APD

What is APD the initialism of?
APD is the initialism of antisocial personality disorder.

Words near APD in the dictionary

  1. APCO
  2. APCP
  3. APCR
  4. APCRs
  5. APCs
  6. APD
  7. Apdelwyhap
  8. APDL
  9. APDS
  10. aPDT
  11. APDTA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: APD (page history and authors); antisocial personality disorder (page history and authors); auditory processing disorder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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