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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A personality disorder characterized by chronic antisocial behavior and violation of the law and the rights of others.
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- noun A
personality disorder marked byantisocial behavior, apervasive pattern ofdisregard for andviolation of the rights of others that begins inchildhood or earlyadolescence and continues intoadulthood .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term)
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