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PERSONALITY DISORDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does personality disorder mean?
• PERSONALITY DISORDER (noun)
The noun PERSONALITY DISORDER has 1 sense:
1. inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior
Familiarity information: PERSONALITY DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("personality disorder" is a kind of...):
disturbance; folie; mental disorder; mental disturbance; psychological disorder ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "personality disorder"):
maladjustment (the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability)
antisocial personality disorder; psychopathic personality; sociopathic personality (a 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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term))
schizoid; schizotypal personality (characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia)
Context examples
The symptoms of each personality disorder are different.
(Personality Disorders, NIH)
Borderline personality disorder.
(BPD, NCI Dictionary)
A personality disorder characterized by an indirect resistance to demands for adequate social and occupational performance; anger and opposition to authority and the expectations of others that is expressed covertly by obstructionism, procrastination, stubbornness, dawdling, forgetfulness, and intentional inefficiency.
(Passive-Aggressive Personality, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
People with personality disorders may have trouble realizing that they have a problem.
(Personality Disorders, NIH)
Also called borderline personality disorder.
(BPD, NCI Dictionary)
The cause of personality disorders is unknown.
(Personality Disorders, NIH)
People with personality disorders have trouble dealing with everyday stresses and problems.
(Personality Disorders, NIH)
Personality disorders are a group of mental illnesses.
(Personality Disorders, NIH)
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