Antisocial personality

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Contents

Used for

psychopathic personality, sociopathic personality

Broader Terms

personality disorder

Related Terms

alcoholism /alcohol abuse, drug addiction, social behavior disorder, social problem

Scope Note

personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others through aggressive, antisocial behavior, without remorse or loyalty to anyone.

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  • One sign of an antisocial personality is that he deals mainly in critical or hostile remarks, invalidation and general suppression.
  • Basically, the social personality wants others to be happy and do well, whereas the antisocial personality is very clever in making others do very badly indeed.
  • What if antisocial personality is an illness?Bursten B.
  • Someone with an antisocial personality is usually deceitful and is remorseless.
  • ) The hallmark of people with antisocial personality is a lack of any feelings of guilt or remorse when they do something wrong.

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