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psychopathologic

psychopathologic

9.9
Relating to mental illness when people have unusual thoughts or actions
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaɪkoʊpəˈθɑlədʒɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : psicopatológico
  • His behavior is often attributed to a psychopathologic condition that affects his interactions with others.

Examples

  • Research in psychopathologic disorders can lead to better treatments for those suffering from mental illnesses.

  • The therapist specializes in psychopathologic issues, helping patients understand their mental disorders.

  • The profound study of the nature of psychopathy, which played an essential and inspirational part in this macro-social psychopathologic phenomenon, and distinguished it from other mental anomalies, appeared to be the necessary preparation for understanding the entire nature of the phenomenon.

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Synonyms

mental
vspsychopathologic
  • Specialized
606 3.7

Relating to illnesses of the mind, such as depression

focuses more on specific psychological abnormality, often undiagnosed
mentally ill
vspsychopathologic
  • Vulgar
77 3.4

Having a serious problem with thinking, feeling, or behaving because of a brain condition

emphasizes a condition that may be undiagnosed rather than formally recognized
psychopathological
vspsychopathologic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Relating to mental illness and unusual thoughts or behavior

is broader and can mean suffering often without diagnosis

Antonyms

sane
119 3.2

Having a healthy mind and able to think clearly

Surface Forms

psychopathologic positive

Morphology

psychopathologic = psychopathology (semi-transparent) = psycho + patholog + ic

The adjective is a regular -ic derivative of the technical noun psychopathology, but the specialized base limits immediate guessability for many learners.

Etymology

Psychopathologic comes from parts you may already know: psycho- means 'mind', as in psychology, and patho- means 'suffering' or 'disease', as in pathology. So psychopathologic describes problems or disorders that come from the mind.