psychopathology
/ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology."
- "The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English psychopathology From psycho- + pathology.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/