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minus-squareGenius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agoThe word psychopath comes from the Greek words psyche, meaning soul, and pathos, meaning suffering. So in Greek, psychopath means suffering soul. What a shit name. Fortunately, English speaking doctors invented a better name. Antisocial personality disorder.
minus-squareTwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoDamn that fits him even better. Dude was assaulted multiple times by a professor causing him to drop out and forever associate his passion with SA. Truly a tragic existence for a piece of garbage.
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minus-squareGenius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoI vote we take away the power of the word psychopath by using it to refer to ALL mental illnesses and disorders. And if someone says psychopath when they mean ASPD, we tell them to speak English.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestManlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoBut psychopath has a very negative connotation, as it should.
minus-squareGenius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoNo it shouldn’t, it’s a shit name. It means suffering soul. If we mean people with ASPD, let’s speak English.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt means that in Latin but we aren’t speaking Latin.
minus-squareGenius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPsychopath doesn’t mean anything in Latin.
minus-squareGenius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoNo, it doesn’t. Whoever says psychopath is speaking Greek. They should stop that and speak a language they understand.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt could be dispathos, “lacking soul”.
The word psychopath comes from the Greek words psyche, meaning soul, and pathos, meaning suffering. So in Greek, psychopath means suffering soul.
What a shit name.
Fortunately, English speaking doctors invented a better name. Antisocial personality disorder.
Damn that fits him even better.
Dude was assaulted multiple times by a professor causing him to drop out and forever associate his passion with SA.
Truly a tragic existence for a piece of garbage.
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I vote we take away the power of the word psychopath by using it to refer to ALL mental illnesses and disorders. And if someone says psychopath when they mean ASPD, we tell them to speak English.
But psychopath has a very negative connotation, as it should.
No it shouldn’t, it’s a shit name. It means suffering soul. If we mean people with ASPD, let’s speak English.
It means that in Latin but we aren’t speaking Latin.
Psychopath doesn’t mean anything in Latin.
Greek, sorry, point stands.
No, it doesn’t. Whoever says psychopath is speaking Greek. They should stop that and speak a language they understand.
It could be dispathos, “lacking soul”.