antisocial personality disorder

noun

: a personality disorder that is characterized by antisocial behavior exhibiting pervasive disregard for and violation of the rights, feelings, and safety of others starting in childhood or the early teenage years and continuing into adulthood

Examples of antisocial personality disorder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Joe also exhibits clear signs of antisocial personality disorder, which involves a disregard for social norms and roles, on top of a lack of empathy and manipulative behavior. —Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 24 Apr. 2025

Doctors have previously diagnosed Perkins with antisocial personality disorder. —Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025

The authors cite a 2002 study in the Lancet to suggest 47% of state prisoners had antisocial personality disorder. —Taylor Millard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025

His list of diagnoses by various doctors over the last 20 years include schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, social anxiety disorder, and schizoaffective disorder, court records show. —Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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Medical Definition

antisocial personality disorder

noun

: a personality disorder that is characterized by antisocial behavior exhibiting pervasive disregard for and violation of the rights, feelings, and safety of others starting in childhood or the early teenage years and continuing into adulthood, that is typically marked by deceitful, manipulative, hostile, and reckless behavior and by a lack of remorse for having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from others, and is often associated with drug or alcohol abuse and criminal activity