人じん格かく障しょう害がい

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Meanings

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noun

personality disorder

dated termpsychiatry

Dated psychiatric term; the modern clinical term is パーソナリティ障害. Still encountered in older texts and general contexts.

Kanji

人person
格status, rank, capacity
障hinder, hurt, harm
害harm, injury

Related words

パーソナリティ障しょう害がい
Modern clinical term for personality disorder, replacing the dated 人格障害 in current psychiatric usage.

Word family

境きょう界かい性せい人じん格かく障しょう害がい
borderline personality disorder; BPD
演えん技ぎ性せい人じん格かく障しょう害がい
histrionic personality disorder
反はん社しゃ会かい性せい人じん格かく障しょう害がい
antisocial personality disorder

Built from

人じん格かく+障しょう害がい

Etymology

Compound of 人格 (personality) and 障害 (disorder). The term is a direct translation of the English 'personality disorder' and was used in Japanese psychiatry before being largely replaced by the loanword パーソナリティ障害.

自じ己こ愛あい性せい人じん格かく障しょう害がい

narcissistic personality disorder; NPD