psychopathology

psychopathology

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ pathology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪkɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/

Noun

psychopathology (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathologies)

1. (medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
2. (countable) A mental or behavioral disorder.

   Hyponym: psychopathy

   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 91:

     Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology.

Derived terms

• psychopathologic
• psychopathological

Translations

study of mental illness

Catalan: psicopatologia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 精神病理學／精神病理学 (jīngshénbìnglǐxué) Czech: psychopatologie f Dutch: psychopathologie (nl) f Estonian: psühhopatoloogia Finnish: psykopatologia (fi) French: psychopathologie (fr) f German: Psychopathologie (de) f Greek: ψυχοπαθολογία (el) f (psychopathología) Hungarian: pszichopatológia Polish: psychopatologia f Portuguese: psicopatologia (pt) f Romanian: psihopatologie (ro) f Russian: психопатоло́гия (ru) f (psixopatológija) Spanish: psicopatología (es) f Swedish: psykopatologi (sv) c

See also

• psychiatry