Meanings
plural antisocial personality disorders · alternative anti-social personality disorder · alternative antisocial-personality disorder
- uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior, a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior, a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna 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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic personality’ was once widely used but was superseded by ‘sociopathic personality’ to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now ‘antisocial personality disorder’ is the preferred term)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan trastorn antisocial de la personalitat
- trastorn antisocial de la personalitatpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Chinese Mandarin 反社會人格障礙 /反社会人格障碍
- 反社會人格障礙 /反社会人格障碍 (fǎnshèhuì réngé zhàngài)personality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Danish dyssocial personlighedsforstyrrelse
- dyssocial personlighedsforstyrrelsepersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Finnish epäsosiaalinen persoonallisuus, asosiaalinen persoonallisuushäiriö
- epäsosiaalinen persoonallisuuspersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
- asosiaalinen persoonallisuushäiriöpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
French personnalité antisociale
- personnalité antisocialepersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
German antisoziale Persönlichkeitsstörung, dissoziale Persönlichkeitsstörung
- antisoziale Persönlichkeitsstörungpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
- dissoziale Persönlichkeitsstörungpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Hungarian antiszociális személyiségzavar
- antiszociális személyiségzavarpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Indonesian gangguan kepribadian antisosial
- gangguan kepribadian antisosialpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Korean 반사회성 인격장애
- 반사회성 인격장애 (bansahoeseong in'gyeokjang'ae)personality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Malay kecelaruan personaliti antisosial, gangguan personaliti antisosial
- kecelaruan personaliti antisosialpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
- gangguan personaliti antisosialpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Polish osobowość dyssocjalna
- osobowość dyssocjalnapersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Portuguese transtorno de personalidade antissocial
- transtorno de personalidade antissocialpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Romanian tulburare de personalitate antisocială
- tulburare de personalitate antisocialăpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Russian антисоциа́льное расстро́йство ли́чности, диссоциа́льное расстро́йство ли́чности
- антисоциа́льное расстро́йство ли́чности (antisociálʹnoje rasstrójstvo líčnosti)personality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
- диссоциа́льное расстро́йство ли́чности (dissociálʹnoje rasstrójstvo líčnosti)personality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Scottish Gaelic pearsantachd ana-chonaltrach
- pearsantachd ana-chonaltrachpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Spanish trastorno antisocial de la personalidad
- trastorno antisocial de la personalidadpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Turkish antisosyal kişilik bozukluğu
- antisosyal kişilik bozukluğupersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Vietnamese rối loạn nhân cách chống xã hội
- rối loạn nhân cách chống xã hộipersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Welsh anhwylder personoliaeth gwrthgymdeithasol
- anhwylder personoliaeth gwrthgymdeithasolpersonality disorder marked by disregard and violations of the rights of others
Cite this entry
antisocial personality disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisocial%20personality%20disorder
“antisocial personality disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisocial%20personality%20disorder. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antisocial personality disorder,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisocial%20personality%20disorder.
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