PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychopathic personality mean? 

• PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY 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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)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: PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY (noun)

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of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)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

personality disorder (inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior)