Macdonald triad
English
Etymology
Named after John Macdonald (psychiatrist), who proposed it in the 1960s.
Proper noun
- A set of three behavioral characteristics — cruelty to animals, firesetting, and bedwetting past the age of five — claimed to be associated with later violent tendencies.
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