Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychoticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: psy-choti-cism
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A personality pattern typified by aggressiveness and interpersonal hostility.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Eysenck has suggested the three dimensions of neuroticism, psychoticism and introversion-extraversion."

Etymology

From psychotic + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

psychoticisms (plural)

Questions

What does psychoticism mean?: A personality pattern typified by aggressiveness and interpersonal hostility.
Where does psychoticism come from?: From psychotic + -ism.

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