noun
character disorder; personality disorder
Dated psychiatric term, largely replaced by パーソナリティ障害 in modern clinical usage. Still encountered in older texts or historical contexts.
See also: パーソナリティ障害
The term 性格異常 often appears in older psychiatry textbooks.
彼は性格異常と診断されたが、今ではパーソナリティ障害と呼ばれる。
He was diagnosed with a character disorder, but nowadays it is called a personality disorder.