panic |
| noun
- overpower, Overpowering fright.
verb (panics, panicking, panicked)
- To feel overwhelming fear.
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paranoia |
| noun - A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
- Extreme, irrational distrust of others
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paranoid |
| noun - Someone suffering from paranoia
adjective - Of, related to, or suffering from paranoia
- Exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others
- Just because I'm doesn't mean that they are not out to get me.
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paraphilia |
| noun - any sexual deviation, which is considered abnormal in some societies or which may prevent or hinder one's ability to receive reciprocal love
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pathological |
| adjective
- Pertaining to pathology.
- Relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
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pederast |
| noun
- A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
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pederasty |
| noun
- erotic, Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
- (archaic) anal, Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.
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pedophilia |
| noun
- sexual feelings directed towards children (OED). A paraphilia consisting of a primary adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children (DSM-IV: Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children)
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penis envy |
| noun
- (psychoanalysis) the unconscious desire of a woman to possess a penis.
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perseverate |
| verb (perseverat, es)
- describing the behavior, generally displayed by those with various developmental disabilities, of extraordinary, exclusive and lasting obsession to a detail or occurrence others consider minor.
- to repeat or continue a pattern.
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perturb |
| verb (Wikipedia)
- To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
- (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
- (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
- (math) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.
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perturbation |
| noun
- (uncountable) agitation, Agitation; the state of being perturbed
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
- (physics), (astronomy) (countable) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
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perversion |
| noun
- The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
- The state of being perverted; depravity; viciousness.
- A sexual practice or act considered abnormal; sexual deviance; immorality.
- An instance of such abnormal activity or behaviour; rape.
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pervert |
| noun
- One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error.
- A sexually perverted person.
verb
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- (transitive) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt
- pervert the course of justice
- To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.
- pervert one's words
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
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phobia |
| noun
- An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.
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PN |
| initialism - part number
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priapic |
| adjective
- phallic
- masculine or excessively concerned with masculinity
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Psyche |
| noun
- In psychology and related fields, the psyche is the entirety of the non-physical aspects of a person
- Psychidae, or Bagworms, a family of Lepidoptera
proper noun
- 16 Psyche, an asteroid
- A Gothic band
- An album by British band Ant and Dec
- A code name for Red Hat Linux 8.0
- (Greek and Roman mythology) name of a girl loved by Cupid (or Eros)
- In late Greek art and literature, a goddess who is the personification of the soul; she is primarily known for her role in the story of Cupid and Psyche, best attested in Apuleius' novel The Golden Ass
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psychiatrist |
| noun
- (medicine) A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.
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psychoneurosis |
| noun (psychoneuroses)
- (dated) neurosis
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psychopath |
| noun
- A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitiveness, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
- A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
- A person who has no moral conscience.
- Popular A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
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psychopathic |
| adjective
- Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath.
- A psychopathic killer is on the loose.
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psychopathology |
| noun
- (context, medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders
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psychopathy |
| noun (psychopath, ies)
- A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitiveness, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.
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psychosis |
| noun (psychoses)
- A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
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psychosomatic |
| adjective
- of, or relating to the influence of the mind on the body
- (context, of a disease etc.) having physical symptoms but mental or emotional causes
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psychotic |
| noun - a person affected by psychosis
adjective - of, related to, or suffering from psychosis
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PTSD |
| initialism
- post-traumatic stress disorder
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pyromania |
| noun
- An uncontrollable urge to start fires.
- A habit in which a person has an obsession with fire.
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pyrophobia |
| noun
- The hate, or an abnormal or even irrational fear of fires.
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