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personality disorder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From personality + disorder.

Meanings

1. Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.
   • Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them. It would be far less difficult to eradicate Diane's giant rose tattoo than it would be to change her perception of herself and others. 1987, Ann Rule, Small Sacrifices (fiction), page 442:
   • They hadn't reckoned with the attendant personality disorders, which the coldness, the darkness, the dampness, the crampedness and the loneliness were doing nothing to decrease. 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 136:

Forms

Deriveds

obsessive-compulsive personality disorder · cluster B personality disorder · cluster C personality disorder · sadistic personality disorder · paranoid personality disorder · depressive personality disorder · antisocial personality disorder · self-defeating personality disorder · histrionic personality disorder · narcissistic personality disorder · schizoid personality disorder · cluster A personality disorder · avoidant personality disorder · dependent personality disorder · schizotypal personality disorder · borderline personality disorder · passive-aggressive personality disorder · haltlose personality disorder

Relateds

mental disorder

Translations (41)

ja 性格障害 (class of mental disorders) · mi mate haukiri (class of mental disorders) · cmn 人格障礙 /人格障碍 (class of mental disorders) · hy անձնային խանգարում (class of mental disorders) · ja 人格障害 (class of mental disorders) · tr kişilik bozukluğu (class of mental disorders) · ka პიროვნების აშლილობა (class of mental disorders) · es trastorno de la personalidad (class of mental disorders) · id gangguan kepribadian (class of mental disorders) · ru расстро́йство ли́чности (class of mental disorders) · af persoonlikheidsteuring (class of mental disorders) · pt transtorno de personalidade (class of mental disorders) · vi rối loạn nhân cách (class of mental disorders) · tr şahsiyet bozukluğu (class of mental disorders) · km វិបល្លាសបុគ្គលិកលក្ខណៈ (class of mental disorders) · ro tulburare de personalitate (class of mental disorders) · el διαταραχή προσωπικότητας (class of mental disorders) · hu személyiségzavar (class of mental disorders) · fr trouble de la personnalité (class of mental disorders) · de Persönlichkeitsstörung (class of mental disorders) · lt asmenybės sutrikimas (class of mental disorders) · is persónuleikaröskun (class of mental disorders) · ru ли́чностное расстро́йство (class of mental disorders) · fa اختلال شخصیت (class of mental disorders) · pl zaburzenie osobowości (class of mental disorders) · gl trastorno da personalidade (class of mental disorders) · da personlighedsstruktur (class of mental disorders) · nl persoonlijkheidsstoornis (class of mental disorders) · da personlighedsforstyrrelse (class of mental disorders) · uk ро́злад особи́стості (class of mental disorders) · cs porucha osobnosti (class of mental disorders) · it disturbo di personalità (class of mental disorders) · he הפרעת אישיות (class of mental disorders) · ko 인격장애 (class of mental disorders) · lv personības traucējumi (class of mental disorders) · sv personlighetsstörning (class of mental disorders) · no personlighetsforstyrrelse (class of mental disorders) · ca trastorn de la personalitat (class of mental disorders) · ja パーソナリティ障害 (class of mental disorders) · fi persoonallisuushäiriö (class of mental disorders) · hi व्यक्तित्व विकार (class of mental disorders)