personality disorder
personality disorder noun: any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.
Noun
personality disorder (plural personality disorders)
- Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.
- They hadn't reckoned with the attendant personality disorders, which the coldness, the darkness, the dampness, the crampedness and the loneliness were doing nothing to decrease.1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 136
- Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them. It would be far less difficult to eradicate Diane's giant rose tattoo than it would be to change her perception of herself and others.1987, Ann Rule, Small Sacrifices (fiction), page 442
personality disorder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian
personality disorder in Hindi
- class of mental disorders
- व्यक्तित्व विकार vyaktitva vikār
personality disorder in Tamil
- ஆளுமை சிதைவு
personality disorder in Bengali
- ব্যক্তিত্ব ব্যাধি
personality disorder in Indonesian
- class of mental disorders
- gangguan kepribadian
More languagesFewer languages
- personality disorder in Persian
- اختلال شخصیت
- personality disorder in Vietnamese
- rối loạn nhân cách
Forms of personality disorder
| plural | personality disorders |
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Origin of personality disorder
From personality + disorder.
Words formed from personality disorder
- antisocial personality disorder
- avoidant personality disorder
- borderline personality disorder
- cluster A personality disorder
- cluster B personality disorder
- cluster C personality disorder
- dependent personality disorder
- depressive personality disorder
- haltlose personality disorder
- histrionic personality disorder
- narcissistic personality disorder
- obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- paranoid personality disorder
- passive-aggressive personality disorder
- sadistic personality disorder
- schizoid personality disorder
- schizotypal personality disorder
- self-defeating personality disorder
Questions about personality disorder
- What does personality disorder mean?
- Personality disorder means any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.
- What is personality disorder in Hindi?
- Personality disorder in Hindi is व्यक्तित्व विकार (vyaktitva vikār). See Personality disorder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is personality disorder?
- Personality disorder is a noun.
- What is the plural of personality disorder?
- The plural of personality disorder is personality disorders.
Words near personality disorder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: personality disorder (page history and authors); personality disorder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); personality disorder (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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