Psychoticism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A personality pattern typified by aggressiveness and interpersonal hostility. countable, uncountable

    "Eysenck has suggested the three dimensions of neuroticism, psychoticism and introversion-extraversion."

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"Eysenck has suggested the three dimensions of neuroticism, psychoticism and introversion-extraversion."

Etymology

From psychotic + -ism.

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