Meanings
plural personality disorders
- human sciencesAny of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.
They hadn't reckoned with the attendant personality disorders, which the coldness, the darkness, the dampness, the crampedness and the loneliness were doing nothing to decrease.
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 1361 more example
Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them. It would be far less difficult to eradicate Diane's giant rose tattoo than it would be to change her perception of herself and others.
1987, Ann Rule, Small Sacrifices (fiction), page 442
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Translations
Afrikaans persoonlikheidsteuring
- persoonlikheidsteuringclass of mental disorders
Catalan trastorn de la personalitat
- trastorn de la personalitatclass of mental disorders
Chinese Mandarin 人格障礙 /人格障碍
- 人格障礙 /人格障碍 (réngé zhàng'ài)class of mental disorders
Czech porucha osobnosti
- porucha osobnosticlass of mental disorders
Danish personlighedsforstyrrelse, personlighedsstruktur
- personlighedsforstyrrelseclass of mental disorders
- personlighedsstrukturclass of mental disorders
Dutch persoonlijkheidsstoornis
- persoonlijkheidsstoornisclass of mental disorders
Finnish persoonallisuushäiriö
- persoonallisuushäiriöclass of mental disorders
French trouble de la personnalité
- trouble de la personnalitéclass of mental disorders
German Persönlichkeitsstörung
- Persönlichkeitsstörungclass of mental disorders
Greek διαταραχή προσωπικότητας
- διαταραχή προσωπικότητας (diatarachí prosopikótitas)class of mental disorders
Hebrew הפרעת אישיות
- הפרעת אישיותclass of mental disorders
Hindi व्यक्तित्व विकार
- व्यक्तित्व विकार (vyaktitva vikār)class of mental disorders
Hungarian személyiségzavar
- személyiségzavarclass of mental disorders
Icelandic persónuleikaröskun
- persónuleikaröskunclass of mental disorders
Indonesian gangguan kepribadian
- gangguan kepribadianclass of mental disorders
Italian disturbo di personalità
- disturbo di personalitàclass of mental disorders
Japanese パーソナリティ障害, 人格障害
- パーソナリティ障害 (pāsonariti shōgai)class of mental disorders
- 人格障害 (jinkaku shōgai)class of mental disorders
- 性格障害 (seikaku shōgai)class of mental disorders
Korean 인격장애
- 인격장애 (in'gyeokjang'ae)class of mental disorders
Latvian personības traucējumi
- personības traucējumiclass of mental disorders
Lithuanian asmenybės sutrikimas
- asmenybės sutrikimasclass of mental disorders
Māori mate haukiri
- mate haukiriclass of mental disorders
Norwegian personlighetsforstyrrelse
- personlighetsforstyrrelseclass of mental disorders
Persian اختلال شخصیت
- اختلال شخصیتclass of mental disorders
Polish zaburzenie osobowości
- zaburzenie osobowościclass of mental disorders
Portuguese transtorno de personalidade
- transtorno de personalidadeclass of mental disorders
Romanian tulburare de personalitate
- tulburare de personalitateclass of mental disorders
Russian расстро́йство ли́чности, ли́чностное расстро́йство
- расстро́йство ли́чности (rasstrójstvo líčnosti)class of mental disorders
- ли́чностное расстро́йство (líčnostnoje rasstrójstvo)class of mental disorders
Spanish trastorno de la personalidad
- trastorno de la personalidadclass of mental disorders
Swedish personlighetsstörning
- personlighetsstörningclass of mental disorders
Turkish kişilik bozukluğu, şahsiyet bozukluğu
- kişilik bozukluğuclass of mental disorders
- şahsiyet bozukluğuclass of mental disorders
Ukrainian ро́злад особи́стості
- ро́злад особи́стості (rózlad osobýstosti)class of mental disorders
Vietnamese rối loạn nhân cách
- rối loạn nhân cáchclass of mental disorders
Cite this entry
personality disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personality%20disorder
“personality disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personality%20disorder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “personality disorder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personality%20disorder.
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