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sociopath
[ soh-see-uh-path, soh-shee- ]
noun
- a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
sociopath
/ ˌsəʊsɪˈɒpəθɪ; ˈsəʊsɪəˌpæθ /
sociopath
- Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others. ( Compare psychopath .)
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Derived Forms
- sociopathy, noun
- ˌsocioˈpathic, adjective
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Other Words From
- soci·o·pathic adjective
- so·ci·op·a·thy [soh-see-, op, -, uh, -thee, soh-shee-], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sociopath1
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Example Sentences
Above the notes of praise is a small photo of Guerin wearing a polka dot tie and pocket square, staring at you like a sociopath.
Read a cautionary tale about the seductive and dangerous power of a charlatan sociopath, featuring goats and the American Dream.
Regardless, his turn as wealthy heir/sociopath John du Pont is never less than utterly transfixing and unsettling.
Although the principal had his identity protected, the traditionalists used this incident to cast Michelle as a sociopath.
He knows Crist is a gifted, manipulative political sociopath.
The realization of that phenomenon might help us to resolve our own internal conflict in dealing with the manipulative sociopath.
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