Conduct disorder

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A psychological disorder of childhood or adolescence, characterized by persistent antisocial behaviours. countable, uncountable

    "In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters."

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"In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters."