psychopathology

From psycho- +‎ pathology.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/
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psychopathology (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathologies)

1. (medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
2. (countable) A mental or behavioral disorder.

   Hyponym: psychopathy

   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 91:

     Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology.

• psychopathologic
• psychopathological

• psychiatry