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SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sociopathic personality mean? 

SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY (noun)
  The noun SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY has 1 sense:

1. 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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)play

  Familiarity information: SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

antisocial personality disorder; psychopathic personality; sociopathic personality

Hypernyms ("sociopathic personality" is a kind of...):

personality disorder (inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior)


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