What does psychopathic personality mean?
• PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY (noun) The noun PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY has 1 sense: 1. 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lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic personality’ was once widely used but was superseded by ‘sociopathic personality’ to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now ‘antisocial personality disorder’ is the preferred term) Familiarity information: PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY used as a noun is very rare.