What does "sociopathy" mean?

The property of being a sociopath, a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology compassing mainly antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder and/or other Cluster B personality disorders or dark triad traits.

What is a synonym for "sociopathy"?

Common synonyms include: psychopathy.

How do you pronounce "sociopathy"?

Pronounced //ˌsəʊ.siˈɒp.ə.θi//.

Sociopathy

//ˌsəʊ.siˈɒp.ə.θi// noun

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Noun

1
The property of being a sociopath, a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology compassing mainly antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder and/or other Cluster B personality disorders or dark triad traits. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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psychopathy

Example

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"Yanni takes sociopathy to the extreme."

Etymology

From socio- + -pathy.

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