"sociopathy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsoʊ.ʃi.əˌpæθi/ [UK], /ˈsoʊ.si.əˌpæθi/ [US] Forms: sociopathies [plural]
Etymology: socio- + -pathy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|socio|pathy}} socio- + -pathy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sociopathy (countable and uncountable, plural sociopathies)
  1. (psychiatry) The property of being a sociopath—a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Disability, Psychiatry Synonyms: psychopathy [broadly] Derived forms: sociopath, sociopathic, sociopathology Translations (personality disorder): Soziopathie [feminine] (German), κοινωνιοπάθεια (koinoniopátheia) (Greek), szociopátia (Hungarian), socjopatia [feminine] (Polish), sociopatie [feminine] (Romanian), социопа́тия (sociopátija) [feminine] (Russian), sociopati [common-gender] (Swedish)

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