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Another word for psychopathy

noun

Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely:

brainsickness, craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, unbalance. (Psychiatry) mania. (Psychology) aberration, alienation. See sane

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R., et al. "Criterion-related validity of the three-factor model of psychopathy: personality, behavior, and adaptive functioning."
One of the most famous characters in the film is the computer HAL, with his mellow voice and his underlying psychopathy.
Antisocial personality disorder in adults is also referred to as sociopathy or psychopathy.
This disorder has also been called sociopathy or psychopathy.
This disorder has also been called sociopathy or psychopathy.

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