Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sociopathic personality

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: so-cio-pathic per-son-al-i-ty
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic personality’ was once widely used but was superseded by ‘sociopathic personality’ to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now ‘antisocial personality disorder’ is the preferred term)

Synonyms

antisocial personality disorder psychopathic personality

Questions

What does sociopathic personality mean?: a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic personality’ was once widely used but was superseded by ‘sociopathic personality’ to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now ‘antisocial personality disorder’ is the preferred term)

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