Psychopathy

//saɪˈkɒpəθi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention wordnet
  3. 3
    A mental illness; insanity. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "It is true that insanity may originate in the mind, as well as in the body, but diseased action must take place in the brain, otherwise we have not, as has been well observed, “a true psychopathy.”"

Etymology

From psycho- + -pathy.

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