antisocial personality disorder

Noun

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of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)

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Alternative names

antisocial-personality disorder

Synonyms

psychopathic personality sociopathic personality calculating callous amoral borderline personality disorder avoidant personality disorder anti-social personality disorder aggressive behavior outright neurosis psychopathic label actual sociopath biggest psychopath histrionic schizophrenia brief psychotic disorder
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Hypernyms

personality disorder

Examples

Antisocial personality disorder which makes it difficult to have good relationships and to care about other people’s feelings. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

antisocial behaviour order antisocial character antisocial person antisocial respect antisocialism antisocialist