psychopathy
UK/saɪˈkɒpəθi/US/saɪˈkɑpəθi/
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psychopathy noun: 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.
Noun
psychopathy (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathies)
- 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.
- 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...
psychopathy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malay
psychopathy in Hindi
- 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
- मनोविकृति manovikŕti
psychopathy in Tamil
- உளநோய் ஆய்வு நூல், உளப்பிணியர், உளவியல் மருத்துவம், சமுதாய பொறுப்புணர்வற்றவர்
psychopathy in Bengali
- বাধাহীন বৈশিষ্ট্য দ্বারা চিহ্নিত
psychopathy in Malay
- 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
- psikopati
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- psychopathy in Indonesian
- psikopati
- psychopathy in Persian
- روانآزاری ravân-âzâri, سایکوپاتی sâykopâti
- psychopathy in Thai
- โรคทางจิต rôok-taang-jìt, จิตพยาธิสภาพ
- psychopathy in Vietnamese
- bệnh nhân cách
Forms of psychopathy
| plural | psychopathies |
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Origin of psychopathy
From psycho- + -pathy.
Words formed from psychopathy
Questions about psychopathy
- What does psychopathy mean?
- Psychopathy means 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.
- What is psychopathy in Hindi?
- Psychopathy in Hindi is मनोविकृति (manovikŕti). See Psychopathy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is psychopathy?
- Psychopathy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce psychopathy?
- Psychopathy is pronounced /saɪˈkɒpəθi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of psychopathy?
- The plural of psychopathy is psychopathies.
Words near psychopathy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: psychopathy (page history and authors); psychopathy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychopathy (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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