psychopathy

label for complex of different personality traits that society considers dangerous to itself; invented in 19 century, it quickly became a slur so many modern researchers urge to stop using it
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Summary

psychopathy is a personality trait[1]. psychopathy ranks in the top 2% of personality trait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,717 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: personality disorder[3], personality type[4]
  • Part of: dark triad[5], psychological terminology[6]
  • Commons category: Psychopathy[7]
  • Said to be the same as: antisocial personality disorder[8], sociopathy[9]
  • ICPC 2 ID: P80[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Psychopathy[11]
  • Facet of: psychopath[12]
  • Topic has template: Template:Psychopathy[13]
  • Measurement scale: Psychopathy Checklist-Revised[14], Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale[15], Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory[16]
  • Different from: psychosis[17], sociopathy[18]
  • Health specialty: psychology[19]
  • Practiced by: psychopath[20]

Why It Matters

psychopathy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] psychopathy is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · ~2026-34922-78 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → label for complex of different personality traits that society considers dangero
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  2. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characteristic of → Q734611
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Characteristic of: anti-social behaviour"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0345304-psychopatie
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  4. 21w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Psychopathy
    Topic's main category → Category:Psychopathy
    Measurement scale → Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
    Facet of → psychopath
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