personality disorder
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From personality + disorder.
Noun
[edit]personality disorder (plural personality disorders)
- (psychiatry) Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.
- 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 136:
- They hadn't reckoned with the attendant personality disorders, which the coldness, the darkness, the dampness, the crampedness and the loneliness were doing nothing to decrease.
- 1987, Ann Rule, Small Sacrifices (fiction), page 442:
- Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them. It would be far less difficult to eradicate Diane's giant rose tattoo than it would be to change her perception of herself and others.
Derived terms
[edit]- antisocial personality disorder
- avoidant personality disorder
- borderline personality disorder
- dependent personality disorder
- depressive personality disorder
- haltlose personality disorder
- histrionic personality disorder
- narcissistic personality disorder
- obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- paranoid personality disorder
- passive-aggressive personality disorder
- sadistic personality disorder
- schizoid personality disorder
- schizotypal personality disorder
- self-defeating personality disorder
Translations
[edit]class of mental disorders
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]personality disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia