sociopathy

English

Etymology

socio- +‎ -pathy

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌpæθi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.si.əˌpæθi/

Noun

sociopathy (countable and uncountable, plural sociopathies)

(psychiatry) The property of being a sociopath—a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology.
Synonym: (loosely) psychopathy

Derived terms

Translations

personality disorder

German: Soziopathie f
Greek: κοινωνιοπάθεια (el) (koinoniopátheia)
Hungarian: szociopátia
Polish: socjopatia (pl) f
Romanian: sociopatie f
Russian: социопа́тия (ru) f (sociopátija)
Swedish: sociopati (sv) c

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