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psychopathies

UK/saɪˈkɒpəθiz//saɪˈkɑpəθiz/

psychopathies is the plural of psychopathy.

Meaning of psychopathy

Noun

psychopathy (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathies)

  1. A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.
  2. (obsolete) A mental illness; insanity.
    • It is true that insanity may originate in the mind, as well as in the body, but diseased action must take place in the brain, otherwise we have not, as has been well observed, “a true psychopathy.”1861, Alex John Sutherland, “Croonian Lectures. On the Pathology, Morbid Anatomy, and Treatment of Insanity”, in The Journal of Mental Science, volume 7, number 36, Association of Medical Officers of...

Questions about psychopathies

What is psychopathies the plural of?
Psychopathies is the plural of psychopathy.
How do you pronounce psychopathies?
Psychopathies is pronounced /saɪˈkɑpəθiz/ (US).

Words near psychopathies in the dictionary

  1. psychoparesis
  2. psychopath
  3. psychopathic
  4. psychopathically
  5. psychopathics
  6. psychopathies
  7. psychopathist
  8. psychopathists
  9. psychopathogenic
  10. psychopathographies
  11. psychopathography

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