sociopathy

English

Etymology

From socio- +‎ -pathy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌpæθi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.si.əˌpæθi/

Noun

sociopathy (countable and uncountable, plural sociopathies)

1. (psychiatry) The property of being a sociopath—a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology.

   Synonym: (loosely) psychopathy

Derived terms

• sociopath
• sociopathic
• sociopathology

 

Translations

personality disorder

• German: Soziopathie f
• Greek: κοινωνιοπάθεια (el) (koinoniopátheia)
• Hungarian: szociopátia
• Polish: socjopatia (pl) f
• Romanian: sociopatie f
• Russian: социопа́тия (ru) f (sociopátija)
• Swedish: sociopati (sv) c