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Psychopathic personality   /sˌaɪkəpˈæθɪk pˌərsənˈælɪti/   Listen
Psychopathic personality

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of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings ('psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by 'sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now 'antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term).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






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... Municipal Court in Boston gives as his opinion that while the percentage of actually insane or feeble-minded among deserters is no higher than among other offenders they are extremely likely to present some of the phenomena of psychopathic personality. Such people have to be studied by the social worker and the psychiatrist, and not from the behavior side only, but with a view to discovering what sort of equipment for life was handed down to them from their ...
— Broken Homes - A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment • Joanna C. Colcord



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