personality disorder
NOUN:
in psychiatry:
1. any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration.
2. any of a group of mental disorders characterized by a permanent disposition to behave in ways causing suffering to oneself or others.
3. any of a group of disorders in which patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about one's self and one's environment interfere with the long-term functioning of an individual, often manifested in deviant behavior and lifestyle.
4. any of a group of psychiatric disorders in which a person's abnormal self-perception or ability to relate to others results in undesirable behaviors and interferes with normal social and emotional functioning.
5. any of various psychological disorders that are characterized by persistent inflexible or impaired patterns of thought and behavior that usually cause difficulties in forming and maintaining interpersonal relationships and in meeting the daily demands of one's personal and work life and that typically become apparent during adolescence or early adulthood.
6. a deeply ingrained pattern of behavior of a specified kind that deviates markedly from the norms of generally accepted behavior, typically apparent by the time of adolescence, and causing long-term difficulties in personal relationships or in functioning in society:
this personality disorder is characterized by a lack of guilt and an inability to form lasting relationships.
7. a mental disorder in which a person habitually behaves in ways considered likely to cause suffering to himself or others:
One forensic psychiatrist described him as having an incurable antisocial personality disorder.
Note:
Personality disorders are typically accompanied by three types of presentations: intense and unstable emotions, eccentric and odd behavior, or extreme fear or nervousness. —Merriam-Webster.
Related Words:
insanity, schizophrenia, inhibition, breakdown, psychopathy, abnormality, madness, aberration, derangement, deviation, phobia, affliction, instability, compulsion, obsession, hysteria, maladjustment, neurasthenia, depression, lunacy.
Origin:
First recorded in 1935–40. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of personality disorder: 1919. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4.
updated: 1 april 2020 10:10pm
in psychiatry:
1. any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration.
2. any of a group of mental disorders characterized by a permanent disposition to behave in ways causing suffering to oneself or others.
3. any of a group of disorders in which patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about one's self and one's environment interfere with the long-term functioning of an individual, often manifested in deviant behavior and lifestyle.
4. any of a group of psychiatric disorders in which a person's abnormal self-perception or ability to relate to others results in undesirable behaviors and interferes with normal social and emotional functioning.
5. any of various psychological disorders that are characterized by persistent inflexible or impaired patterns of thought and behavior that usually cause difficulties in forming and maintaining interpersonal relationships and in meeting the daily demands of one's personal and work life and that typically become apparent during adolescence or early adulthood.
6. a deeply ingrained pattern of behavior of a specified kind that deviates markedly from the norms of generally accepted behavior, typically apparent by the time of adolescence, and causing long-term difficulties in personal relationships or in functioning in society:
this personality disorder is characterized by a lack of guilt and an inability to form lasting relationships.
7. a mental disorder in which a person habitually behaves in ways considered likely to cause suffering to himself or others:
One forensic psychiatrist described him as having an incurable antisocial personality disorder.
Note:
Personality disorders are typically accompanied by three types of presentations: intense and unstable emotions, eccentric and odd behavior, or extreme fear or nervousness. —Merriam-Webster.
Related Words:
insanity, schizophrenia, inhibition, breakdown, psychopathy, abnormality, madness, aberration, derangement, deviation, phobia, affliction, instability, compulsion, obsession, hysteria, maladjustment, neurasthenia, depression, lunacy.
Origin:
First recorded in 1935–40. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of personality disorder: 1919. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4.
updated: 1 april 2020 10:10pm