社しゃ会かい病びょう質しつ

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Meanings

1

noun

sociopathy

psychiatry

Psychiatric term for a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, diminished empathy, and lack of remorse. Used in clinical and academic contexts.

社しゃ会かい病びょう質しつは反はん社しゃ会

かい

性せい

パーソナリティ

障しょう

害がい

の

一いち

形けい

態たい

と

見み

なさ

れる

こと

が

ある

。

Sociopathy is sometimes regarded as a form of antisocial personality disorder.

Kanji

社company, firm, office
会meeting, meet, party
病ill, sick
質substance, quality, matter

Related words

反はん社しゃ会かい性せいパーソナリティ障しょう害がい
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is the formal diagnostic term in DSM-5, while 社会病質 (sociopathy) is a more colloquial or older clinical concept with overlapping but not identical features.
精せい神しん病びょう質しつ
Psychopathy is a related but distinct construct, often emphasizing affective deficits and interpersonal manipulation more than sociopathy, though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably in casual contexts.

Word family

社しゃ会かい病びょう質しつ者しゃ
sociopath

Etymology

Compound of 社会 (society) + 病質 (morbid disposition, diathesis). The term is a direct translation of the English 'sociopathy', likely coined in medical literature.