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Definition: Psychopathology |
PsychopathologyNoun1. The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "psychopathology" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The study of significant causes and processes in the development of mental illness. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PsychopathologySynonyms: psychiatry (n), psychological medicine (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Psychopathology |
| Specialty definitions using "psychopathology": Mental Status Schedule. (references) |
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Health | Evidence for differences in behavioral adjustment is inconsistent despite anecdotal reports suggesting greater risk for internalizing psychopathology and attention disorders. (references) | |
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| "Psychopathology" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Psychopathology" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "psychopathology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | psyko-patologi, psykopatologi (mental pathology, pathopsychology), psychopatologi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psychopathologie (abnormal psychology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | psychopathologie, pathologie mentale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Psychopathologie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψυχοπαθολογία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | psicopatologia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ychopathologypsay psicopatologia (mental pathology, pathopsychology). (various references) psicopatologia, psicopatología (psychpathology). (various references) психопатологія. (various references) bệnh học tinh thần. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Psychopathology" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: psychopathololgy, psycopathology. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-h-h-l-o-o-o-p-p-s-t-y-y" | |
-4 letters: psychopathy. | |
-5 letters: hypocotyls, photoplays, polyptychs, psychology, psychopath. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-h-h-l-o-o-o-p-p-s-t-y-y" | |
+5 letters: psychopathologically. | |
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