psychopathy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
    mental disease; mental illness.

WordNet

Psy*chop"a*thy noun
Etymology
Psycho- + Gr. , .
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Mental disease. See Psychosis, 2. -- Psy`cho*path"ic, a. -- Psy*chop"a*thist, n.

Webster 1913