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Protestation (europe.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by protestation@discuss.tchncs.de to c/communism@lemmy.ml

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[–] stray@pawb.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, along with bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits. These traits are often masked by superficial charm and immunity to stress, which create an outward appearance of apparent normalcy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy

Is it a slur when it's being accurately used to describe a personality type and isn't even a real disorder?

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 week ago

It's Greek for "suffering soul". It just means mental illness, up until it was used as a slur for people with ASPD. Trying to redefine it as a "personality construct" - etymologically, the construct of having a sick head - is dangerous and irresponsible pseudoscience.