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Topic	Why are psycho- and socio- the only pathics?
_AdjI_ 10/09/19 8:38:44 AM #8:	Sahuagin posted... there are lots of -pathy ailments. ex: myopathy: muscles cardiopathy: heart enteropathy: intestines psychopathy: mind the related word that encompasses the field of study is pathology, as well as the word pathological. Indeed. Technically speaking, we could call somebody with heart disease a "cardiopath." We just tend not to define and label people by physical illnesses the way we define and label people by mental illnesses (which, given that personality and identity are entirely mental, isn't necessarily an unreasonable thing), so that's never caught on as a label. Of course, the fact that "psycho-" and "sociopath" both refer to antisocial personality disorder and not more broadly to all psychological and social impairments (respectively) is a bit of a morphological faux pas, but that's English for you. <cite>_AdjI_ posted [p:928538345] in Why are ps... [t:78073611]...</cite> <quote>Sahuagin posted...</cite> <quote>there are lots of -pathy ailments. ex: myopathy: muscles cardiopathy: heart enteropathy: intestines psychopathy: mind the related word that encompasses the field of study is pathology, as well as the word pathological.</quote> Indeed. Technically speaking, we could call somebody with heart disease a "cardiopath." We just tend not to define and label people by physical illnesses the way we define and label people by mental illnesses (which, given that personality and identity are entirely mental, isn't necessarily an unreasonable thing), so that's never caught on as a label. Of course, the fact that "psycho-" and "sociopath" both refer to antisocial personality disorder and not more broadly to all psychological and social impairments (respectively) is a bit of a morphological faux pas, but that's English for you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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