psychopathy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/saɪˈkɒpəθɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sī kop′ə thē)

Inflections of 'psychopathy' (n): npl: psychopathies

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
psy•chop•a•thy  (sī kop′ə thē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -thies. [Psychiatry.]
  1. Psychiatrya mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
  2. Psychiatryany mental disease.
  • psycho- + -pathy 1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
psychopathy / saɪˈkɒpəθɪ/ (formerly)
  1. any mental disorder or disease
'psychopathy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-pathy - myopsychopathy - psychopathic

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