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conduct disorders

conduct disorders is the plural of conduct disorder.

Meaning of conduct disorder

Noun

conduct disorder (countable and uncountable, plural conduct disorders)

  1. A psychological disorder of childhood or adolescence, characterized by persistent antisocial behaviours.
    • In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188

Questions about conduct disorders

What is conduct disorders the plural of?
Conduct disorders is the plural of conduct disorder.

Words near conduct disorders in the dictionary

  1. conduciveness
  2. conducivenesses
  3. conduct
  4. conduct code
  5. conduct disorder
  6. conduct disorders
  7. conduct money
  8. conduct moneys
  9. conduct-disordered
  10. conduct-dissocial disorder
  11. conductable

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