psychopathology

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psychopathology

  • /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/ UK

noun psychopathologies

  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.

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noun study of mental illness

Españolpsicopatología
한국어정신병리학 jeongsinbyeongnihak
中文精神病理學 /精神病理学 jīngshénbìnglǐxué
Portuguêspsicopatologia
Françaispsychopathologie
DeutschPsychopathologie
Ελληνικάψυχοπαθολογία psychopathología
Românăpsihopatologie
Русскийпсихопатоло́гия psixopatológija

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@misc{psychopathology_2026,
  title = {psychopathology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/psychopathology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}