Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conduct disorder

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: con-duc-t dis-or-der
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A psychological disorder of childhood or adolescence, characterized by persistent antisocial behaviours.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters."

Usage

Inflected Forms

conduct disorders (plural)

Questions

What does conduct disorder mean?: A psychological disorder of childhood or adolescence, characterized by persistent antisocial behaviours.

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