psychopathy

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/saɪˈkɑpəθi/

名詞

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A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitation, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.

日本語の意味

欺瞞、他者の搾取、無頓着、傲慢さ、性的奔放さ、自己統制の欠如、共感や反省の欠如といった特徴を示す人格障害。暴力行為や犯罪的行動が伴う場合もある。

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Experts warned that the suspect's psychopathy, marked by chronic deception and lack of remorse, made rehabilitation unlikely.

専門家は、容疑者のサイコパシー（精神病質）が慢性的な虚偽や良心の欠如を特徴とし、更生の見込みがないと警告した。

詳細

意味（1）

A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitation, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A mental illness; insanity.

It is true that insanity may originate in the mind, as well as in the body, but diseased action must take place in the brain, otherwise we have not, as has been well observed, “a true psychopathy.”

詳細

psychopathies （ plural ）