psychopathy - any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric interventionmental state, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" megalomania - a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted |