psychopathyn.

Brit.

/sʌɪˈkɒpəθi/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪˈkɑpəθi/

Forms: see psycho- comb. form and -pathy comb. form.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -pathy comb. form.

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -pathy comb. form. In sense 1 after German Psychopathie ( E. von Feuchtersleben Lehrbuch der ärztlichen Seelenkunde (1845) 374, the passage translated in quot. 1847). Compare scientific Latin psychopathia (1844 or earlier in a German source), French psychopathie (1877), Italian psicopatia (1829), all in same sense. In sense 2 (which is apparently not paralleled in any of the foreign languages cited above) after homoeopathy n., hydropathy n., etc.

1. Psychology and Psychiatry. Originally: mental illness; an instance of this. In later use: spec. a personality disorder characterized by persistent impulsive, irresponsible, antisocial, and often violent or aggressive behaviour, often accompanied by an inability to form normal relationships with others.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun]

craze1534

morbidness1668

mental illness1788

psychopathy1847

phrenopathy1853

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > personality disorders > psychopathy

psychopathy1847

psychopathology1947

1847 H. E. Lloyd & B. G. Babington tr. E. von Feuchtersleben Princ. Med. Psychol. 343 The cure of the psycopathies [sic] [Ger. Psychopathieen]..is different according to their several forms.

1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 585 In some cases [of chronic diabetes insipidus] there are also psychopathy, epilepsy, etc.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 3/2 For the benefit of those who are as yet ignorant of the meaning of psychopathy..we give M. Balinsky's explanation of the new malady. ‘The psychopath..is a type which has only recently come under the notice of medical science... Beside his own person and his own interests, nothing is sacred to the psychopath’.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 312 Influenza may set up psychopathy.

1933 B. Gadelius Human Mentality vi. 142 Religious ecstasy is still capable of raising epidemic psychopathies like those of ancient times.

1948 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 53 361/1 Caldwell indicates nomadism, inability to withstand tedium, and irresponsibility as characteristics of psychopathy.

1976 Church Times 12 Mar. 5/2 He turned loving eyes on the tormenting thugs... They, in their psychopathy, could not see him as a man like themselves.

1993 Daily Tel. 2 Mar. 16/3 Politicisation of matters such as the crime rate avoids the complex evidence afforded by psychology, not least the occurrence of the mental condition of psychopathy. The Victorians called this latter moral insanity, meaning that people do not know the difference between right and wrong.

2. The treatment of disease by psychic means such as hypnotism, etc. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > treatment by psychical influence

mind-healing1826

psychopathy1851

mind cure1855

phrenopathy1855

psychotherapeutics1872

mental healing1885

suggestion1887

psychotherapy1892

psychotherapeutica1901

1851 Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 14 May 4/5 Psychopathy, or the examination and treatment of diseases through the medium of clairvoyance.

1891 Blackwood's Mag. 406 Mesmerism is to psychopathy what alchemy was to chemistry.

1893 Cent. Mag. July 435 The importance of adopting psychopathy as a means for the relief of disease.

1920 New Oxford (Pa.) Item 22 Apr. 2/4 Mrs. Laurence..had been reading up on modern methods of treating nervous disorders in the doctor's medical journals and in the popular magazines. Psychopathy was her latest hobby.

†3. Divination of the former qualities, experiences, etc., of a deceased animal through contact with, or contemplation of, its bones or fossilized remains. Cf. psychometry n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1863 Denton Nature's Secrets 95 All fossil remains of animals are imbued with the feelings of the animals of which they formed a part, and, under their influence, the Psychometer..feels all that was felt by them... This branch of Psychometry may be termed Psychopathy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychopathy
释义	psychopathyn. Brit. /sʌɪˈkɒpəθi/, U.S. /ˌsaɪˈkɑpəθi/ Forms: see psycho- comb. form and -pathy comb. form. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -pathy comb. form. Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -pathy comb. form. In sense 1 after German Psychopathie ( E. von Feuchtersleben Lehrbuch der ärztlichen Seelenkunde (1845) 374, the passage translated in quot. 1847). Compare scientific Latin psychopathia (1844 or earlier in a German source), French psychopathie (1877), Italian psicopatia (1829), all in same sense. In sense 2 (which is apparently not paralleled in any of the foreign languages cited above) after homoeopathy n., hydropathy n., etc. 1. Psychology and Psychiatry. Originally: mental illness; an instance of this. In later use: spec. a personality disorder characterized by persistent impulsive, irresponsible, antisocial, and often violent or aggressive behaviour, often accompanied by an inability to form normal relationships with others. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] craze1534 morbidness1668 mental illness1788 psychopathy1847 phrenopathy1853 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > personality disorders > psychopathy psychopathy1847 psychopathology1947 1847 H. E. Lloyd & B. G. Babington tr. E. von Feuchtersleben Princ. Med. Psychol. 343 The cure of the psycopathies [sic] [Ger. Psychopathieen]..is different according to their several forms. 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 585 In some cases [of chronic diabetes insipidus] there are also psychopathy, epilepsy, etc. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 3/2 For the benefit of those who are as yet ignorant of the meaning of psychopathy..we give M. Balinsky's explanation of the new malady. ‘The psychopath..is a type which has only recently come under the notice of medical science... Beside his own person and his own interests, nothing is sacred to the psychopath’. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 312 Influenza may set up psychopathy. 1933 B. Gadelius Human Mentality vi. 142 Religious ecstasy is still capable of raising epidemic psychopathies like those of ancient times. 1948 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 53 361/1 Caldwell indicates nomadism, inability to withstand tedium, and irresponsibility as characteristics of psychopathy. 1976 Church Times 12 Mar. 5/2 He turned loving eyes on the tormenting thugs... They, in their psychopathy, could not see him as a man like themselves. 1993 Daily Tel. 2 Mar. 16/3 Politicisation of matters such as the crime rate avoids the complex evidence afforded by psychology, not least the occurrence of the mental condition of psychopathy. The Victorians called this latter moral insanity, meaning that people do not know the difference between right and wrong. 2. The treatment of disease by psychic means such as hypnotism, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > treatment by psychical influence mind-healing1826 psychopathy1851 mind cure1855 phrenopathy1855 psychotherapeutics1872 mental healing1885 suggestion1887 psychotherapy1892 psychotherapeutica1901 1851 Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 14 May 4/5 Psychopathy, or the examination and treatment of diseases through the medium of clairvoyance. 1891 Blackwood's Mag. 406 Mesmerism is to psychopathy what alchemy was to chemistry. 1893 Cent. Mag. July 435 The importance of adopting psychopathy as a means for the relief of disease. 1920 New Oxford (Pa.) Item 22 Apr. 2/4 Mrs. Laurence..had been reading up on modern methods of treating nervous disorders in the doctor's medical journals and in the popular magazines. Psychopathy was her latest hobby. †3. Divination of the former qualities, experiences, etc., of a deceased animal through contact with, or contemplation of, its bones or fossilized remains. Cf. psychometry n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1863 Denton Nature's Secrets 95 All fossil remains of animals are imbued with the feelings of the animals of which they formed a part, and, under their influence, the Psychometer..feels all that was felt by them... This branch of Psychometry may be termed Psychopathy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
随便看	episememe episepalous episiorrhaphy episiotomies episiotomy episkeletal episodal episode episodes episodial episodic episodic memory episodical episodically episodicity episomal episomally episome episomes epispastic epispastics episperm epispermic episperms enteritis