psychopathy

[ sahy-kop-uh-thee ]

noun

Psychiatry.

plural psychopathies.

1. a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
2. any mental disease.

psychopathy

/ saɪˈkɒpəθɪ /

noun

1. another name for psychopathic personality
2. any mental disorder or disease

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychopathy¹

First recorded in 1840–50; psycho- + -pathy

Example Sentences

Dementia usually means memory problems, but frontotemporal dementia with a loss of ability to empathize with other people can resemble other conditions with empathy problems in psychiatry, such as psychopathy.

From Science Daily

No one screaming lies, demonizing huge swaths of Americans as "enemies" or "poison," or running through the behavioral checklist for psychopathy and narcissism.

From Salon

We can plainly see Trump’s narcissism and psychopathy grow more malignant as the film progresses.

From Los Angeles Times

He described himself as having been “a grinning, brooding young criminal psychopath in defiantly willing bondage to his psychopathy.”

From Los Angeles Times

"As a clinician I have to spend a good chunk of time with a person to be able to adequately discern between narcissism, sociopathy and psychopathy," Durvasula said.

From Salon