ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antisocial personality disorder mean? 

• ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER (noun)
  The noun ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. 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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)

  Familiarity information: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

antisocial personality disorder; psychopathic personality; sociopathic personality

Hypernyms ("antisocial personality disorder" is a kind of...):

personality disorder (inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior)