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

One inmate, Stephanie Pena, spent a total of 70 days in the segregated housing unit, or SHU, at Albion Correctional Facility spread out over several occasions, despite her PTSD and antisocial personality disorder, according to the suit. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024

So, the story of this soulless psychopathic, antisocial personality disorder, a person who has basically gilded themselves and done everything to amass wealth and power. —Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 May 2024

Published by Simon & Schuster, the new memoir traces the life of a girl who grew into a woman trying to understand her sociopathy, which today is often labeled as antisocial personality disorder. —Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024

Ideas By Patric Gagne April 2, 2024 7:00 AM EDT Gagne is a writer, former therapist, and advocate for people suffering from sociopathic, psychopathic, and antisocial personality disorders. —Patric Gagne, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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