- psychopathic personality
- psychopathic personality n1) ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY2) an individual having an antisocial personality
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psychopathic personality
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psychopathic personality — n. 1. a person whose behavior is largely amoral and asocial and who is characterized by irresponsibility, lack of remorse or shame, perverse or impulsive (often criminal) behavior, and other serious personality defects, generally without… … Universalium
psychopathic personality — n. 1. a person whose behavior is largely amoral and asocial and who is characterized by irresponsibility, lack of remorse or shame, perverse or impulsive (often criminal) behavior, and other serious personality defects, generally without… … English World dictionary
psychopathic personality — noun a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ( psychopathic personality was once widely used but was superseded by sociopathic personality to indicate the social aspects … Useful english dictionary
psychopathic personality — See psychopathic; sexual psychopath … Ballentine's law dictionary
psychopathic personality disorder — noun Date: circa 1923 antisocial personality disorder … New Collegiate Dictionary
Personality Disorders — Even though upsetting behavior is as old as the human condition, systematic attention to disorders of the personality appears relatively late in the development of psychiatry. On the whole, the asylum generation of psychiatrists had little to… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
personality disorder — Psychiatry. any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration. [1935 40] * * *… … Universalium
personality disorder — noun inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior • Hypernyms: ↑mental disorder, ↑mental disturbance, ↑disturbance, ↑psychological disorder, ↑folie • Hyponyms: ↑maladjustment, ↑antisocia … Useful english dictionary
Психопатическая личность (psychopathic personality) — «Моральные и деятельные принципы разума сильно извращены или испорчены, власть над собой утрачена или ограничена и индивидуум неспособен говорить или рассуждать о каком либо предложенном ему предмете, а также вести себя с приличием и… … Психологическая энциклопедия
personality — One of several concepts used by social scientists to refer to the individual (others include self and identity ). The concept has its origins in the Latin word persona (meaning ‘mask’), and refers to the set of more or less stable characteristics … Dictionary of sociology
