psychopathy
- noun
- /saɪˈkɒpəθi/
- Specialized
- The diagnosis of psychopathy often involves evaluating a person's lack of empathy and guilt.
- psychopathy as a personality disorder
- criminals with psychopathy
- scale of psychopathy
Interpersonally, psychopathy can feel much, much more chilling.
- Interpersonally, psychopathy can feel much, much more chilling.
- The dark triad would be narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
- Not feeling remorse is heavy stuff that we see in psychopathy and dark tetrad patterns.
- That is narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
- The Dark triad consists of three personality characteristics, so narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.
- I think the people, people who score real really high on psychopathy lack self humor.
- This is concept of the dark triad personality traits, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism.
- OK, but mild psychopathy is, is a, you know, just a nuisance.
- It's it's psychopathy, but it's temporary.
- Where does from the leader perspective, things like narcissism or sociopathy, psychopathy come into play?
Examples
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Compassion is the opposite consciousness to the prevalent narcissistic psychopathy in our population.
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The members of the Quantum Future School have been engaged in studying psychopathy and pseudo-psychopathy for several years.
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I saw a program on psychopathy, which is also a spectrum.
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It's like a form of psychopathy that's come down to affect us all.
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People with dark personality traits, such as narcissism and psychopathy, tend to be highly appealing to others.
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Among other characteristics, the construct of psychopathy comprises shallow emotions and lack of empathy or guilt (Hare).
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Research into psychopathy has shown that individuals with this disorder may manipulate others without remorse.
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In discussions about criminal behavior, psychopathy is frequently referenced as a significant factor.
Synonyms
A condition where a person lacks empathy and ignores social rules
A long-term mental condition where a person ignores other people's rights, feels no guilt, and acts impulsively
A person who feels no guilt and often hurts or lies to others
A person who does not care about others, acts without thinking, and feels no guilt
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychopathy = psychopath (transparent) = psych + path + y
Learners who know 'psychopath' can readily infer 'psychopathy' as the condition/state related to a psychopath.
Etymology
Psychopathy comes from two Greek parts: psyche meaning 'mind' and pathos meaning 'suffering' or 'disease'. So, psychopathy can be thought of as a 'mind disease' and is used for a serious personality problem where a person shows little empathy or remorse and may harm others.