Meanings
nounsociopathy (countable and uncountable, plural sociopathies)
plural sociopathies
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe property of being a sociopath, a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology compassing mainly antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder and/or other Cluster B personality disorders or dark triad traits.
Origin
Translations
Danish sociopati
- sociopatipersonality disorder
German Soziopathie
- Soziopathiepersonality disorder
Greek κοινωνιοπάθεια
- κοινωνιοπάθεια (koinoniopátheia)personality disorder
Hungarian szociopátia
- szociopátiapersonality disorder
Polish socjopatia
- socjopatiapersonality disorder
Romanian sociopatie
- sociopatiepersonality disorder
Russian социопа́тия
- социопа́тия (sociopátija)personality disorder
Swedish sociopati
- sociopatipersonality disorder
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