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psychopathology

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S AY2 K AH0 P AE0 TH AO1 L AH0 G IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mental or behavioral disorder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: psychiatry, psychological medicine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

Narrower terms: alienism, psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene

4

noun

Meaning 4

the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abnormal psychology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: psychology, psychological science

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English psychopathology From psycho- + pathology.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: псіхапатало́гія (psixapatalóhija) — study of mental illness
  • Catalan: psicopatologia — study of mental illness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神病理學 /精神病理学 (jīngshénbìnglǐxué) — study of mental illness
  • Czech: psychopatologie — study of mental illness
  • Danish: psykopatologi — study of mental illness
  • Dutch: psychopathologie — study of mental illness
  • Estonian: psühhopatoloogia — study of mental illness
  • Finnish: psykopatologia — study of mental illness
  • French: psychopathologie — study of mental illness
  • Galician: psicopatoloxía — study of mental illness
  • German: Psychopathologie — study of mental illness
  • Greek: ψυχοπαθολογία (psychopathología) — study of mental illness
  • Hungarian: pszichopatológia — study of mental illness
  • Korean: 정신병리학 (jeongsinbyeongnihak) — study of mental illness
  • Polish: psychopatologia — study of mental illness
  • Portuguese: psicopatologia — study of mental illness
  • Romanian: psihopatologie — study of mental illness
  • Russian: психопатоло́гия (psixopatológija) — study of mental illness
  • Spanish: psicopatología — study of mental illness
  • Swedish: psykopatologi — study of mental illness
  • Thai: จิตพยาธิวิทยา — study of mental illness
  • Turkish: psikopatoloji — study of mental illness
  • Ukrainian: психопатоло́гія (psyxopatolóhija) — study of mental illness
  • Welsh: seicopatholeg — study of mental illness