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sociopathy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊ.siˈɒp.ə.θi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈɒp.ə.θi/
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌsoʊ.siˈɑ.pə.θi/ of Canada
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌsoʊ.ʃiˈɑ.pə.θi/ of Canada
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌsoʊ.siˈɒp.ə.θi/ of the US
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌsoʊ.ʃiˈɒp.ə.θi/ of the US

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noun

Meaning 1

The property of being a sociopath, a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric pathology compassing mainly antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder and/or other Cluster B personality disorders or dark triad traits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From socio- + -pathy.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Soziopathie — personality disorder
  • Greek: κοινωνιοπάθεια (koinoniopátheia) — personality disorder
  • Hungarian: szociopátia — personality disorder
  • Polish: socjopatia — personality disorder
  • Romanian: sociopatie — personality disorder
  • Russian: социопа́тия (sociopátija) — personality disorder
  • Swedish: sociopati — personality disorder