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Definition of Psychopathic
1. Adjective. Suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder.
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Psychopathy, Psychopathology, Psychopathology, Psychopathology
Definition of Psychopathic
1. Adjective. Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Psychopathic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychopathic
Literary usage of Psychopathic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"But the psychopathic temperament, whatever be the ... ^Thus, when a superior
intellect and a psychopathic temperament coalesce — as in the endless ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1921)
"The two outstanding features of a psychopathic hospital which in my belief ...
The better results obtained in the psychopathic hospitals are due in a great ..."
3. The Kingdom of Evils: Psychiatric Social Work Presented in One Hundred Case by Elmer Ernest Southard, Mary Cromwell Jarrett (1922)
"Possibly the term being briefer and smoother is theoretically better than the
term "constitutional psychopathic inferiority." But the latter term has been ..."
4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1921)
"The two outstanding features of a psychopathic hospital which in my belief ...
The better results obtained in the psychopathic hospitals are due in a great ..."
5. Social Aspects of the Treatment of the Insane by Jacob Alter Goldberg (1921)
"(d) Psychopathic Hospital. The fourth element necessary to round out the program
of work of a mental hygiene organization is a psychopathic hospital, ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1907)
"BY MS GREGORY, MD, Resident Alienist, Psychopathic Ward, Bellevue Hospital, New
York. The functions of psychopathic hospitals ..."
7. Readings in American Democracy by Thames Ross Williamson (1922)
"The functions of the psychopathic expert' The recent development of medicine and
psychology has exerted Effect of a marked influence upon our treatment of ..."
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