antisocial personality disorder

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of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)

   Synonymssociopathic personalitypsychopathic personality

   Broaderpersonality disorder

Questions about antisocial personality disorder

What does antisocial personality disorder mean?

antisocial personality disorder means "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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)".

What is another word for antisocial personality disorder?

Close synonyms include sociopathic personality, psychopathic personality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antisocial personality disorder a common word?

antisocial personality disorder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.