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conduct disorder en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A psychological disorder of childhood or adolescence, characterized by persistent antisocial behaviours.
    • In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters. 2000, Rita Wicks-Nelson, Allen C. Israel, Behavior Disorders of Childhood, page 188:

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