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Meanings of psychopathic personality in English

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of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)

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        Usage of psychopathic personality in English
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        He's a psychopathic personality and his family has millions.
        Operation: Outer Space
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        But Cochrane was not a psychopathic personality.
        Operation: Outer Space
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        He was a psychopathic personality.
        Operation: Outer Space
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        He also showed striking evidences of a psychopathic personality with a strong suggestion of epilepsy, but with intact intelligence.
        The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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        This young man was endowed with a psychopathic personality, and there was a history of short attacks of depression.
        The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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        Taking it altogether, there was no reason for considering her insane, or as being in any way a psychopathic personality.
        Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
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        In fact, on these criteria, they beat even the subset of patients who had been diagnosed with psychopathic personality disorders.
        The Guardian
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        He's a psychopathic personality.
        Operation: Outer Space
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        Beneath the seductive, lulling, even soothing beat of Eminem's hypnotic music, there is a lyrical celebration of the psychopathic personality.
        The Irish Times
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        Vasopressin is a neuropeptide known to be associated with the development and evolution of complex socio-emotional behaviors including those relevant to psychopathic personality.
        Pubmed
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        The first case was that of a young man of twenty-three, who showed a psychopathic personality with tainted heredity on the paternal side.
        The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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        I know something about psychopathic personalities.
        White Hunter, Black Heart
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        "I wouldn't marry a man with a psychopathic personality!"
        Operation: Outer Space
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        When a young scholar of psychopathic personalities moves in downstairs and Arthur's mannequin disappears, where will he turn to satisfy his urgent craving for violence?
        The Daily Telegraph
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