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psychopathy

psy·chop·a·thy
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sahy-kop-uh-thee]
    • /saɪˈkɒp ə θi/
    • /saɪˈk.ɑː.pə.θi/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sahy-kop-uh-thee]
    • /saɪˈkɒp ə θi/

Definitions of psychopathy word

  • noun plural psychopathy a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc. 1
  • noun plural psychopathy any mental disease. 1
  • noun psychopathy any mental disorder or disease 0
  • noun psychopathy mental disorder 0

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Origin of psychopathy

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; psycho- + -pathy

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Parts of speech for Psychopathy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

psychopathy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

psychopathy usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for psychopathy

noun psychopathy

  • asininity — the quality or state of being asinine; stupidity
  • crackup — a cracking up
  • craziness — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
  • insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
  • irresponsibilities — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.

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