psychopathy

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ -pathy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /saɪˈkɑpəθi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /saɪˈkɒpəθi/

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Noun

psychopathy (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathies)

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.
2. (obsolete) A mental illness; insanity.
   • 1861, Alex John Sutherland, “Croonian Lectures. On the Pathology, Morbid Anatomy, and Treatment of Insanity”, in The Journal of Mental Science‎^[1], volume 7, number 36, Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane, retrieved 2021-03-01, page 162:

     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.”

Holonyms

• (personality disorder): dark triad

Derived terms

• psychopath
• psychopathic

 

Related terms

• psycho
• psychopathology
• psychosis
• sociopathy

 

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: psigopatie
• Albanian: psikopati (sq) f
• Armenian: պսիխոպաթիա (hy) (psixopatʻia)
• Aromanian: psicupatii f, psihupatii f
• Asturian: sicopatía f
• Azerbaijani: psixopatiya
• Bashkir: психопатия f (psixopatiya)
• Basque: psikopatia
• Belarusian: псіхапа́тыя f (psixapátyja), псыхапа́тыя f (psyxapátyja)
• Bulgarian: психопа́тия f (psihopátija)
• Catalan: psicopatia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 心理病態／心理病态 (xīnlǐ bìngtài)

• Czech: psychopatie f
• Danish: psykopati c
• Dutch: psychopathie (nl) f
• Esperanto: psikopatio
• Estonian: psühhopaatia
• Finnish: psykopatia (fi)
• French: psychopathie (fr) f
• Georgian: ფსიქოპათია (psikoṗatia)
• German: Psychopathie f
• Greek: ψυχοπάθεια (el) f (psychopátheia)
• Hebrew: פְּסִיכוֹפַּתְיָה (he) f (psikhopátya)
• Hindi: मनोविकृति (hi) f (manovikŕti)
• Hungarian: pszichopátia (hu)
• Icelandic: siðblinda f
• Ido: psikopateso (io)
• Indonesian: psikopati (id)
• Irish: síceapaite f
• Italian: psicopatia (it) f
• Japanese: 精神病 (ja) (せいしんびょう, seishinbyō)
• Kazakh: есалаңдық (esalañdyq)
• Korean: 정신병(精神病) (jeongsinbyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: psîkopatî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: психопатия (psihopatiya)
• Latin: psychopathia f
• Latvian: psihopātija f
• Lithuanian: psichopatija f
• Luxembourgish: Psychopathie f
• Macedonian: психопатија f (psihopatija)
• Malay: psikopati
• Maori: (mate) hinengaro nihoniho
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: psykopati m

  Nynorsk: psykopati m

• Persian: روان‌آزاری (fa) (ravân-âzâri), سایکوپاتی (sâykopâti)
• Polish: psychopatia (pl) f
• Portuguese: psicopatia (pt) f
• Romanian: psihopatie (ro) f
• Russian: психопа́тия (ru) f (psixopátija), (mental health jargon) психопати́я (ru) f (psixopatíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: психопа̀тија f

  Roman: psihopàtija (sh) f

• Slovak: psychopatia f
• Slovene: psihopatija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: psychopatija f

  Upper Sorbian: psychopatija f

• Spanish: psicopatía f
• Swedish: psykopati (sv) c
• Tajik: психопатия (psixopatiya)
• Tatar: психопатия f (psixopatiyä)
• Thai: โรคทางจิต (rôok-taang-jìt)
• Turkish: psikopati (tr)
• Ukrainian: психопа́тія f (psyxopátija)
• Uzbek: psixopatiya (uz)

  Cyrillic: психопатия (uz) (psixopatiya)

• Vietnamese: bệnh nhân cách
• Welsh: seicopathi m