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psychopathology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English psychopathology From psycho- + pathology.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
2. (countable) A mental or behavioral disorder.
   • Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 91:
   • The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction. 2019 October 14, Wan-jun Guo, Yu-jie Tao, Xiao-jing Li, Xia Lin, Ya-jing Meng, Xia Yang, et al., “Internet addiction severity and risk for psychopathology, serious mental illness, and suicidalities: a cross-sectional study”, in The Lancet^(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32424-9/fulltext), volume 394:

Forms

Deriveds

neuropsychopathology · psychopathological · eating psychopathology · psychopathologic · psychopathologize

Relateds

psychiatry

Translations (24)

uk психопатоло́гія (study of mental illness) · tr psikopatoloji (study of mental illness) · pt psicopatologia (study of mental illness) · pl psychopatologia (study of mental illness) · de Psychopathologie (study of mental illness) · cs psychopatologie (study of mental illness) · es psicopatología (study of mental illness) · sv psykopatologi (study of mental illness) · fi psykopatologia (study of mental illness) · th จิตพยาธิวิทยา (study of mental illness) · hu pszichopatológia (study of mental illness) · el ψυχοπαθολογία (study of mental illness) · da psykopatologi (study of mental illness) · ko 정신병리학 (study of mental illness) · cmn 精神病理學 /精神病理学 (study of mental illness) · nl psychopathologie (study of mental illness) · et psühhopatoloogia (study of mental illness) · ca psicopatologia (study of mental illness) · cy seicopatholeg (study of mental illness) · fr psychopathologie (study of mental illness) · ru психопатоло́гия (study of mental illness) · ro psihopatologie (study of mental illness) · be псіхапатало́гія (study of mental illness) · gl psicopatoloxía (study of mental illness)