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sociopathy

UK/ˌsəʊ.siˈɒp.ə.θi/US/ˌsoʊ.siˈɑ.pə.θi/

sociopathy noun: the property of being a sociopath, a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology compassing mainly antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder and/or other Cluster B personality disorders or dark triad traits.

Noun

sociopathy (countable and uncountable, plural sociopathies)

  1. The property of being a sociopath, a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology compassing mainly antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder and/or other Cluster B personality disorders or dark triad traits.

Forms of sociopathy

pluralsociopathies

Origin of sociopathy

From socio- + -pathy.

Words formed from sociopathy

Questions about sociopathy

What does sociopathy mean?
Sociopathy means the property of being a sociopath, a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology compassing mainly antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder and/or other Cluster B personality disorders or dark triad traits.
What part of speech is sociopathy?
Sociopathy is a noun.
How do you pronounce sociopathy?
Sociopathy is pronounced /ˌsəʊ.siˈɒp.ə.θi/ (UK).
What is the plural of sociopathy?
The plural of sociopathy is sociopathies.

Words near sociopathy in the dictionary

  1. sociopathies
  2. sociopathological
  3. sociopathologically
  4. sociopathology
  5. sociopaths
  6. sociopathy
  7. sociopetal
  8. sociopetality
  9. sociopetally
  10. sociophilosophical
  11. sociophilosophy

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